WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, July 13 — United States (US) President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30 per cent tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union (EU) starting on August 1, after weeks of negotiations with the major US trading partners failed to reach a comprehensive trade deal.

NAYPYIDAW, July 11 — After US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a fresh round of tariffs on 14 countries, with the highest rate of 40 per cent imposed on Myanmar, Myanmar's ruling military general has asked Trump for a reduction on the rate on his country's exports.

BEIJING, May 9 — Since United States (US) President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on China last month, Beijing has responded in kind.

MOSCOW, April 23 — US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that 145 per cent tariffs on China are high but believes that they will decrease substantially, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

BANGI, March 26 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is now leveraging drug residue analysis in sewage systems to detect the presence of drug laboratories in any particular area.

BEIJING, March 4 — China’s Commerce Ministry today vowed to retaliate against fresh United States import tariffs set to take effect later in the day, reiterating its stance that the Trump administration was trying to “shift the blame” and “bully” Beijing over fentanyl flows.

BEIJING, Feb 28 — Beijing accused the United States today of exerting “tariff pressure and blackmail” after President Donald Trump’s latest threat to slap an extra duty of 10 per cent on imports from China, citing a continued flow of fentanyl into the country.

BEIJING, Feb 2 — China's government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration's imposition of a long-threatened 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the door open for talks with the US that could avoid a deepening conflict.

SHANGHAI, Jan 23 — More than half of the American businesses in China, the highest level in five years, say they are concerned about a further deterioration in the bilateral relationship between the world's two largest economies, a survey published on Thursday shows.

MOSCOW, Jan 22 — There will be no winners in the tariff war between China and the United States (US), and Washington must respect international trade rules and create an environment for bilateral cooperation, said Chinese Embassy in the United States' spokesperson Liu Pengyu to Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has vowed to hit the European Union (EU) with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10 per cent punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the US via Mexico and Canada.

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 — A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers yesterday proposed three bills aimed at cracking down China’s role in the US fentanyl crisis, with measures that would set up a US task force to disrupt narcotics trafficking and pave the way for sanctions on China entities.

WEST PALM BEACH, Nov 30 — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Donald Trump’s Florida resort yesterday to meet with the US president-elect, days after Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Canadian imports over border-related concerns.

BEIJING, Nov 29 — China attacked United States president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows, saying his incoming administration was pushing the blame for America’s opioid crisis onto China.

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — Neither the United States nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said yesterday, after US president-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 10 per cent tariff on all Chinese imports when he takes office on January 20.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican public health officials are sounding an alarm after a study discovered the presence of animal tranquilizer Xylazine in opioids in cities on the country's northwest border with the United States.