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August 24, 2019

Johnson urges Trump to remove ‘considerable barriers’ for UK trade

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to remove the “considerable barriers” for UK companies seeking to export to the American market, saying they risked impeding a free-trade deal after Brexit. Speaking as the Group…

August 24, 2019

Johnson insists US digital giants must be taxed ‘fairly and properly’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said that US digital giants needed to be taxed “fairly and properly” in a growing dispute with the United States over taxing the likes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. France has plunged…

August 24, 2019

UK’s Johnson opposes blocking EU-LatAm trade deal over Brazil

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said he would be “reluctant” to see the cancellation of a key trade deal between the EU and South American nations, saying there was already enough trouble for global trade. French President Emmanuel…

August 24, 2019

French police fire tear gas at anti-G7 protesters near summit

French police used tear gas and water cannon to break up anti-G7 protesters in the southern city of Bayonne on Saturday, as leaders from the world’s leading industrialised nations arrived for their summit just a few kilometres away in Biarritz….

August 24, 2019

Tusk says ‘hard to imagine’ EU-Mercosur trade deal while Amazon burns

EU Council president Donald Tusk said it was hard to imagine the bloc ratifying its trade pact with South America’s Mercosur grouping as long as Brazil fails to curb the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. The European Union “stands by…

August 24, 2019

EU leaders round on Trump over trade at G7

European leaders rounded on US President Donald Trump over his trade threats Saturday at a G7 summit in France marred by trans-Atlantic tension and worries about the global economy. The heads of the visiting G7 countries — Britain, Canada, Germany,…

August 24, 2019

Global appetite for beef, soy fuels Amazon fires

Two of the industries involved in the infernos consuming the Amazon rainforest and drawing the attention of global powers gathered at the G7 meeting in France are familiar to diners worldwide: soy and beef. – Beef – Brazil is the…

August 24, 2019

‘Points of convergence’ for Trump and Macron on Iran, Amazon, trade: French presidency

French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump have found “major points of convergence” on subjects including trade, Iran’s nuclear programme and the wildfires consuming large parts of the Amazon, a French presidency official said Saturday. After an…

August 24, 2019

Trump trips up in tweet about Macron lunch

Did Donald Trump really have lunch with someone impersonating France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday? No — but the US president did accidentally tweet that he had. “Just had lunch with French President @EmanuelMacrone. Many good things are happening for…