The European Union hopes to avert a damaging trade war with the U.S. over impending metals tariffs by prioritising negotiations rather than retaliatory countermeasures, EU officials signalled on Wednesday.

EU officials, Canada's premier hail impacts of 2017 trade agreement that 'created thousands of jobs' - Anadolu Ajansı

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

JAKARTA: Indonesia is seeking to diversify its markets as global protectionism intensifies, while also taking steps to defend its local manufacturers, Deputy Trade Minister Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose reciprocal tariffs as soon as Wednesday evening on every country that charges duties on U.S. imports, in a move that ratchets up fears of a widening global trade war and threatens to accelerate U.

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs Thursday, continuing to make good on a campaign promise to enact tariffs on imported goods. The president said sending merchandise through another country to avoid tariffs will not be allowed and provisions will be made for nonmonetary tariffs,