The Chinese government announced the tariffs last week, shortly after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese products for the second time since he took office in January. The Chinese tariffs will include a levy of 15 percent on U.S. products like chicken, wheat and corn, as well as 10 percent on products like soybeans, pork, beef and fruit.

As China announces tariffs on some Canadian products — like seafood, pork and canola oil — industries on the Island worry about what kind of effect the threat will have on their goods. CBC's Taylor O'Brien reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will likely hear a litany of complaints as he meets with the foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

President Donald Trump backed down from an extraordinary trade war escalation Tuesday that had threatened a massive surge in Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs and new tariffs on Canadian electricity.

Trump told CEOs in the Business Roundtable on Tuesday that the tariffs were causing companies to invest in U.S. factories. The 8% drop in the S&P 500 stock index over the past mon

The European Union rolled out new tariffs against the United States, targeting $28 billion in exports, in retaliation for President Donald Trump‘s 25% tariff on steel and aluminum. The EU slapped tariffs on U.