BRASILIA, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Brazil is considering retaliatory trade measures against the United States, including tariffs, after President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent levies on a range of Brazilian imports, government sources told AFP on Thursday. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave his approval for a study of which retaliatory actions -- if any -- Brazil could take for the punishment imposed by Trump over the coup-plotting trial of his ally Jair Bolsonaro, two government sources said. The Ministry of Trade and Industry will have 30 days to determine whether the US tariffs fall under a recent Economic Reciprocity Law. If they do, a group of experts will propose countermeasures, which could include reciprocal tariffs, a diplomatic source...
PARIS, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French cognac maker Remy Cointreau lowered the expected hit from US tariffs on Friday after the European Union and...
GENEVA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Swiss economy will likely grow more slowly than previously expected next year due to the massive import tariffs...
DHAKA, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS) - The government has sought feedback on the evaluation of Haor Master Plan's draft aiming to ensure the sustainable development...
LONDON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli government representatives will not be invited to attend a major London arms fair next month, a UK government...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump was unhappy but not surprised by Russia's deadly strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the...
WARSAW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Poland will increase its defence spending next year to 4.8 percent of GDP, its finance minister said Thursday --...
NEW YORK, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Two of Wall Street's major indexes closed Thursday at record highs, buoyed by an upward revision to second-quarter...
NEW YORK, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Industrial giant Caterpillar announced Thursday it was revising its estimate for the economic impact caused by new tariffs...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - Inflow of remittances witnessed a year-on-year growth of 5.9 percent (pc), reaching $2,087 million in the first 27 days...
TANGAIL, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) –BNP Vice-Chairman and former Deputy Minister of Education Abdus Salam Pintu today said only an elected government can bring the...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS)- The government has declared a general holiday on September 6 on the occasion of the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth...
DAHKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – A delegation of the Nepal Foreign Trade Association (NFTA), led by its President Shiv Kumar Agarwal and Secretary General...