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China To Halve Tariffs On $75 Billion Of US Goods

February 6th, 2020 - 08:33 GMT

China To Halve Tariffs On $75 Billion Of US Goods

China said on Thursday it will halve punitive tariffs on $75 billion in US imports from February 14, a month after Beijing and Washington signed a truce in their long-running trade war. The reduction will apply to levies of five percent and 10 percent that were imposed on more than 1,700 items in September, according to the State Council Tariff Commission. Products that had been hit by the 10 percent ...

Israel will extend the Allenby Bridge's operating hours as part of its initiative to ease restrictions on the Palestinian Territories (Courtesy of Geoffrey Aronson/Al-Monitor)

September 26th, 2013 - 06:26 GMT

Israel to raise restrictions on Gaza and West Bank as Kerry tries to reach "final" peace deal

Shale oil production reached about 2 million barrels a day last year, pushing overall US output to 6.4 million barrels of oil per day, the most in 15 years and 32 per cent above the level five years ago.

September 25th, 2013 - 08:56 GMT

A new oil market is in the making, thanks to the US shale boom

Capital inflows mark 19 percent of Lebanon’s GDP, making the country’s capital inflow to GDP ratio one of the highest in the Middle East.

September 24th, 2013 - 11:30 GMT

Capital inflows coming to the rescue of the Lebanese economy? yes and no

The Sudanese justice minister, Mohamed Bishara Dousa, said that the United States economic sanctions imposed on Sudan have seriously affected lives of the Sudanese people.

September 22nd, 2013 - 01:19 GMT

Sudan calls US economic sanctions a 'human rights violation'

Syrian officials publicly announce that its country's civil war has reached a stalemate (Courtesy of Sebastiano Tomada/Sipa USA)

September 20th, 2013 - 05:17 GMT

Syrian regime proposes potential calls for ceasefire, announces stalemate

Building upon earlier calls from this year to improve relations with Saudi Arabia, Rouhani now seeks to "remove trivial tensions" to establish bilateral ties with the kingdom (Courtesy of the Iran Project)

September 20th, 2013 - 04:39 GMT

Iran's Rouhani calls for closer ties with Saudi Arabia

Jordan's King Abdullah II (C) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. (AFP)

September 18th, 2013 - 03:52 GMT

Jordan's King Abdullah talks Syria with Chinese president

Syrian rebels. [thesun.co.uk]

September 18th, 2013 - 10:42 GMT

Russia receives "new evidence" implicating rebels on attacks in Syria

The US shale oil boom promises the White House energy independence by 2020 but is already having an impact on its Middle East diplomacy.

September 17th, 2013 - 07:44 GMT

How the Fed, crude, and Syria are changed by shale

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has implied that if the West lifts all sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Iran will shut down one of its nuclear facilities. (AFP/File)

September 17th, 2013 - 06:19 GMT

Iran may shut down nuclear facility if West lifts sanctions

US Secretary of State John Kerry grimaces during a press conference in Geneva on September 14, 2013 after holding talks with his Russian counterpart on Syria's chemical weapons. Washington and Moscow have agreed a deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, Kerry said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kerry said Sunday that the US is still prepared to use force against Syria if diplomacy fails. (AFP)

September 15th, 2013 - 05:16 GMT

Threat of force against Syria remains 'real possibility' — Kerry

Egyptian toppled president Hosni Mubarak has charged Washington with sparking the uprising that removed him from power in 2011. (AFP)

September 15th, 2013 - 09:47 GMT

Mubarak: Washington sparked Egyptian uprising