China says preliminary agreement reached with US to lower some tariffs

The two sides “agreed to promote two-way trade, including in agricultural products, through arrangements such as mutual tariff reductions on a range of products,” the commerce ministry in Beijing said.

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Starmer drama has UK markets reliving their Truss nightmare

U.K. politicians yet again risk shooting the economy in the foot in a fight for control of the government.

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Bessent discusses investment board, expanding US-China trade with Trump in Beijing

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Thursday and discussed topics ranging from market access for U.S. businesses in China to the Strait of Hormuz.

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#Indian #imports of #russian #oil have been running at a record pace as #refiners go all out before a #US waiver expires, with processors also broadening their slate of suppliers to cope with the #Iran #war’s fallout.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/india-set-to-scale-back-russian-oil-imports-if-us-waiver-lapses?srnd=phx-markets

Yagiz Nizipli (@yagiznizipli)

react-doctor의 no-barrel-import 규칙을 소개한다. barrel/index 파일 대신 소스 모듈을 직접 import 하도록 권장해 트리 셰이킹을 개선하고 번들 최적화에 도움을 준다.

https://x.com/yagiznizipli/status/2054573377659039863

#react #treeshaking #imports #performance #developertools

Yagiz Nizipli (@yagiznizipli) on X

@aidenybai another one ⚠ react-doctor/no-barrel-import ×4 Import from barrel/index file — import directly from the source module for better tree-shaking → Import from the direct path: `import { Button } from './components/Button'` instead of

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UK faces multi-billion pound bill for nationalizing British Steel

The move to full nationalization is due to be “massively costly” for the government, a senior steel industry figure warned.

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‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs

The question is when, not if, U.S. and European auto markets will open up to Chinese EV investment.

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The foreign #trade turnover of #Latvia totalled EUR 10.85bn at current prices in Q1/2026, which was up 1.1% a year earlier, according to provisional #data from the Central Statistical Bureau. #Exports amounted to EUR 4.97bn (down 1.7%) and #imports to EUR 5.87bn (up 3.6%).

https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-exports-down-1-7-imports-up-3-6-in-q1-2026/

Latvia: Exports down 1.7%, imports up 3.6% in Q1/2026

Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 10.85bn at current prices in the first quarter of 2026, which was up EUR 113.8mn (1.1%) from the corresponding period of 2025…

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White House plans to reduce barriers to beef imports in an effort to lower prices

Reducing tariffs on beef imports is likely to infuriate ranchers.

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