A spokesperson for Canadian infrastructure minister Gregor Robertson announces that Canada has cancelled a joint opening ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge that will connect Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, after U.S. president Donald Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. 2026-07-21
United States president Donald Trump meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, agreeing to lower tariffs on China in return for lower rare earth trade curbs. 2025-10-30
South Korea announces it has finalized a trade deal with the United States in which the U.S. agrees to 15% of tariffs on imported South Korean goods and South Korea will invest in American businesses and shipbuilding projects. 2025-10-29
President Trump announces plans to impose a 50% tariff on China, escalating to a total of 104% if China does not revoke its 34% reciprocal tariff on all American goods within a day. China rejects the ultimatum, maintains its reciprocal tariffs, and states its intention to match any further escalation. 2025-04-7
U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports to the United States take effect, while an existing 10% tariff on all Chinese imports rises to 20% amid an ongoing trade war. 2025-03-4
The Chinese foreign ministry announces it would reciprocate the sanctions that the U.S. State Department imposed earlier this month onto its senior diplomats visiting the U.S., by also imposing similar countermeasures to U.S. diplomats in China. 2020-09-11
The United States increases tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of imports from China after no deal materialized prior to the midnight deadline. 2019-05-10