Trump backs off Mexico, Canada tariffs after market blowback

Agence France Presse 03/07/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a temporary rollback to steep tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico, providing some reprieve to companies and consumers after blowback on financial markets. After his sweeping tariffs…

Canada, Mexico cannot avert tariffs, says Trump, China levy hiked

Agence France Presse 03/04/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump shut down hopes Monday of an eleventh-hour deal with Canada and Mexico to avert sweeping tariffs, while signing an order to further hike duties on China. Trump had unveiled…

Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China

Associated Press 02/09/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paused imposing tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China, apparently to give federal agencies time to sort out how to process millions of such shipments that have come through the…

Tariff cuts on imported rice, other food items extended by President Marcos 

12/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of reduced tariffs on rice and other food items until the end of 2024 to keep prices stable amid a threat of dry weather in the coming months,…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB

CDN Digital 09/04/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, September 4. Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB The Foundation for…

Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB

Ronnel Domingo 09/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has called on the Marcos administration to temporarily lift or at least cut import tariffs on rice to check surging prices of the staple grain and avert a possible “full-blown…

Sugar isn’t sweet

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 09/05/2022

The sugar debacle is an early example of why the President should put an agriculture secretary in place with some urgency. He just doesn’t have time to think through and address all the details handling agriculture requires,…

Gov’t earned P12.3B from rice tariffs in 2019

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 01/11/2020

Collections from the tariffs slapped on imported rice reached P12.3 billion last year, exceeding the P10 billion to be spent yearly on programs that will support farmers disadvantaged by liberalized trade, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.…

US and China in trade tariffs truce after tense G20 summit

AFP 12/02/2018

The United States and China on Saturday announced a ceasefire in their tariffs war, hours after US President Donald Trump upended another international forum by snubbing G20 action on trade disputes and climate change. Over a dinner…

Trump’s tariffs on $200 B of Chinese imports kick in

AFP 09/24/2018

Donald Trump’s tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese imports took effect Monday, with Beijing accusing Washington of “economic intimidation” as the standoff between the world’s top two economies clouds the global outlook. The latest volley against…

Gov’t eyes lower tariffs on meat, fish imports to address inflation

Inquirer.net 08/05/2018

SPEAKER Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Duterte administration’s economic managers tackled the possible lowering of tariffs on meat and fish imports in a meeting to discuss measures to mitigate the impact of soaring inflation. “To cushion the impact…

China lowers tariffs, rejects US trade war escalation

AFP 05/31/2018

China said Thursday it wanted to avoid an escalation of trade tensions with the United States, as the two sides held new talks and Beijing decided to lower some tariffs. The overture came two days after the…

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