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manufacturing.net | Paul Wiseman |Sam McNeil |Catherine Gaschka
PARIS (AP) — Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with worldwide economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses. The European Union’s top trade negotiator, Maroš Šefčovič, met Wednesday with his American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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2 days ago | 
castanet.net | Mari Yamaguchi |Wyatte Grantham-Philips |Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil
The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to a record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday. The Health Ministry said 686,061 babies were born in Japan in 2024, a drop of 5.7% on the previous year and the first time the number of newborns had fallen below 700,000 since records began in 1899. The decline comes about 15 years faster than the government prediction.
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2 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
PARIS (AP) — Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with worldwide economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses. The European Union’s top trade negotiator, Maroš Šefčovič, met Wednesday with his American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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2 days ago | 
kdhnews.com | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
PARIS (AP) - Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with worldwide economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses. The European Union's top trade negotiator, Maroš Šefčovič, met Wednesday with his American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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2 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
20 hours agoElon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a "disgusting abomination", in a widening rift between the two. The tech billionaire posted on X that the bill would add to the US budget deficit and saddle Americans with "crushing" debt. The budget, …
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2 days ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with global economic ramificationsByCATHERINE GASCHKA Associated Press, SAM MCNEIL Associated Press, and PAUL WISEMAN Associated PressFILE - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 8, 2025.
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2 days ago | 
castanet.net | Wyatte Grantham-Philips |Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
U.S. President Donald Trump hiked nearly all of his tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a punishing 50% on Wednesday in a move that's set to hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers even further. Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips, as well as big-ticket items like a stainless-steel refrigerators and cars.
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2 days ago | 
investmentexecutive.com | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
Catherine Gaschka, Sam Mcneil and Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press Europe and the United States are meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement in a tense tariff spat with global economic ramifications between two economic powerhouses.
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2 days ago | 
castanet.net | Wyatte Grantham-Philips |Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman
Europe and the United States are meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with global economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses. The European Union’s top trade negotiator, Maroš Sefcovic, met Wednesday with his American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. “We’re advancing in the right direction at pace,” Sefcovic said at a news conference.
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2 days ago | 
castanet.net | Catherine Gaschka |Sam McNeil |Paul Wiseman |Mari Yamaguchi
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island 80 years ago. The commemoration comes as many residents of Okinawa and the nearby islands are increasingly concerned about the possibility of another war as regional tensions with China escalate.
