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Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over t...
China and Canada have reached concrete arrangements to address trade disputes covering electric vehicles, steel and aluminum, canola, and agricultural and aquatic products, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
The announcement followed talks in Beijing earlier the same day between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is paying an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang.
Under the arrangements, Canada will reduce its 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to 6.1 percent for up to 49,000 vehicles annually, according to the ministry.
The two sides also issued a joint statement welcoming progress made through recent bilateral dialogues and committing to strengthen exchanges at all levels. Leaders pledged to advance cooperation in macroeconomic engagement, trade, energy, finance, public security, people-to-people ties, cultural exchanges and multilateral affairs.
China and Canada agreed to reinvigorate the high-level Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue to address a broad range of issues aimed at strengthening bilateral economic relations.
They also signed an economic and trade cooperation roadmap, and agreed to expand cooperation in clean energy while strengthening collaboration in conventional energy sectors, including oil and gas development.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
One person has been killed and six others injured after an explosion at a petroleum storage facility at the Port of Rotterdam, prompting an investigation into the cause.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday for talks focused on Gaza, Palestinian statehood and regional security.
Taiwan staged military defence drills on Wednesday as China concluded joint naval exercises with Indonesia in waters east of the island.
Washington’s counter-narcotics push is expanding as Colombia’s new conservative government backs deeper security cooperation.
Meta said it had removed more than 750,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16, as the country’s internet regulator weighs enforcement action over its teen social media ban.
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