Jeffrey Lendrum spent three decades living as the so-called “Pablo Escobar of eggs,” smuggling the fragile shells from the nests of falcons and other birds of prey to wealthy international clients.
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President Donald Trump gave a surprise press conference Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he again called the impeachment trial a hoax while touting his economic record and ability to negotiate trade deals.
Read morePresident Donald Trump took a victory lap Sunday as he addressed farmers about a pair of new U.S. trade agreements with its North American neighbors and with China.
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The Senate voted 89-10 on Thursday to send a new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada to President Donald Trump’s desk.
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Germany’s defense minister on Thursday confirmed a report that the United States was threatening to impose a 25% tariff on European car exports if it continues backing the Iran nuclear deal.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday inked a long-anticipated partial trade agreement with China that will delay tariffs on Chinese imports in exchange for a commitment from the Asian power to up its imports of U.S. goods.
Read moreThe Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the Wednesday signing of a Phase 1 U.S.-China trade agreement.
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Three weeks before Britain is due to leave the European Union, the president of the European Commission warned Wednesday that the U.K. won’t get the “highest quality access” to the European Union’s market after Brexit unless it makes major concessions.
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China said Thursday that Vice Premier Liu He will go to Washington next week to sign the phase one deal with the United States that has reduced trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
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America’s trade gap with all countries fell 8.2% in November to the lowest level since President Donald Trump took office, while the politically sensitive deficit with China also shrank.
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Global shares opened mostly higher Thursday on optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal as regional markets opened the new year’s first day of trading.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he plans to formally ink a first-step trade agreement with China in a ceremony at the White House next month.
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From Beijing to America’s farm belt, skeptics are questioning just how much U.S. farm goods China has actually committed to buy — and whether U.S. farmers will be able anytime soon to export goods there in the outsize quantities about which President Trump has boasted.
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In a historic change in direction, the United Kingdom began its shift away from Europe on Friday as the Conservative-dominated House of Commons voted in favor of a deal that spells out the terms of the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union.
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A revamped North American trade deal nearing passage in Congress is expected to leave a surprising loser: the pharmaceutical industry, a near-invincible lobbying powerhouse in Washington.
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A day after impeaching him, the House of Representatives handed President Donald Trump a victory Thursday by approving a new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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China expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a first-step trade agreement that dials down a trade war it blames the U.S. for starting.
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Canceling tariffs set to snap into place on Sunday, President Donald Trump announced Friday the United States and China have formally agreed to a partial trade agreement that has been months in the making.
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The Trump administration and China are close to finalizing a modest trade agreement that would suspend tariffs that are set to kick in Sunday, de-escalating their 17-month trade war.
Read moreThe EU on Thursday proposed a move to strengthen its power to hit back in global trade fights, looking for defensive alternatives after the United States crippled the World Trade Organization.
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