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FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo, an Airbus A 350 - 1000 performs a demonstration flight at Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, east of Paris, France. The United States and the European Union on Tuesday appeared close to clinching a deal to end a damaging dispute over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing and lift billions of dollars in punitive tariffs. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, FILE)
Airbus-Boeing deal eases US-EU tensions but conflicts remain

By Paul Wiseman, Lorne Cook And Aamer Madhani Jun. 15, 2021 03:32 PM EDT

U.S. President Joe Biden takes off his protective facemask prior to speaking with the media during arrival for the EU-US summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The Latest: Pro-Navalny protest in Geneva on eve of summit

By The Associated Press Jun. 15, 2021 10:19 AM EDT

A gantry crane moves containers at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province Friday, June 4, 2021. China's exports surged nearly 28% in May while imports jumped 51% as demand rebounded in the U.S. and other markets where the pandemic is waning, though growth is leveling off after a stunning recovery from last year's slump. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT
Chinese exports jump, gap with US grows as tensions persist

By Elaine Kurtenbach Jun. 07, 2021 12:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, containers are loaded onto a ship for export at Lyttelton Port near Christchurch, New Zealand. Trade ministers from the Pacific rim were discussing ways to build back better from the pandemic in an online meeting Saturday, June 5, 2021, hosted by New Zealand. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Asia-Pacific trade ministers mull vaccine access, supply

By Elaine Kurtenbach Jun. 05, 2021 03:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2021 file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. Yellen says that the economic recovery is going to be “bumpy” with high inflation readings likely to last through the end of this year. But Yellen maintained Thursday, May 27, that the inflation pressures will be temporary and if they do threaten to become embedded in the economy, the government has the tools to address that threat. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
China trade envoy, US Treasury secretary meet by video

Jun. 01, 2021 09:55 PM EDT

Customers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus look at the American bicycle brand at a retail shop in Beijing on March 2, 2021. U.S. and Chinese trade envoys talked by phone Thursday, May 27, 2021 for the first time since President Joe Biden took office, but the two sides gave no sign when negotiations on ending their tariff war might restart. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
US, Chinese trade war envoys talk; no sign of negotiations

May. 26, 2021 10:51 PM EDT

A car is driven past a billboard showing machines harvesting cotton outside a Huafu Fashion plant, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China's cotton industry, but it's unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China's Xinjiang

By Ken Moritsugu And Dake Kang May. 25, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

China accuses US of 'coercive diplomacy' after trade remarks

May. 14, 2021 05:42 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday accused the United States of “coercive diplomacy” following comments by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to his Australian...

FILE - In this Friday, March 26, 2021 file photo, a person walks past a temporarily closed clothes shop on Regent Street in central London, where non-essential shops are closed during England's third coronavirus lockdown. The British economy contracted by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, a relatively modest contraction given that the country was in the midst of a strict lockdown to combat a second wave of the coronavirus. The Office for National Statistics also said Wednesday May 12, 2021, that the economy even managed to grow by 2.1% in March when the country began easing some restrictions. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
UK economy showed resilience ahead of big lockdown easing

By Pan Pylas May. 12, 2021 02:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, a container port on the Yangtze River is seen in an aerial view in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province. China reported that its April imports and exports surged over the same month in 2020 as global demand strengthens. (Chinatopix via AP, File)
China trade surges as global demand recovers from pandemic

By Joe Mcdonald May. 07, 2021 12:15 AM EDT

Tanzania's new president on two-day state visit to Kenya

By Tom Odula May. 04, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the two East...

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo, armed police remove makeshift blockages set up by protesters as they patrol streets in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to nearly half the population, a United Nations report said Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/File)
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 30, 2021 01:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks in Penrith, Australia. Australia has on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, cancelled two Chinese "Belt and Road" infrastructure building initiative deals with a state government, provoking an angry response from Beijing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Australia ends China deals on national interest grounds

By Rod Mcguirk Apr. 22, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo. Ban is urging the United Nations and Southeast Asian countries to take swift and "strong action" to stop the deadly crackdown that has followed the military coup in Myanmar. Ban exhorted the U.N. Security Council Monday, April 19, 2021, to act immediately to halt the violence and protect civilians, "using a range of tools at the council's disposal." (AP Photo/Koji Sasaha, File)
EU expands sanctions against Myanmar military, companies

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 20, 2021 03:26 AM EDT

An employee works inside a laboratory at the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker, in Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The company is a key supplier for the U.N.-backed COVAX program that aims to distribute vaccines equitably in the world. On March 25, COVAX announced a major setback in its vaccine rollout because a surge in infections in India had caused the Serum Institute of India to cater to domestic demand, resulting in a delay in global shipments of up to 90 million doses. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian vaccine maker asks US to ease export curbs

By Aniruddha Ghosal Apr. 16, 2021 06:04 AM EDT

Kenyans line up to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Ingasnga)
Africa CDC urges India to lift COVID vaccine export limits

By Cara Anna Apr. 15, 2021 10:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, a deliveryman carries a food order as he walks through a mostly empty shopping mall in Beijing. China’s exports rose 30.6% over a year ago in March as global consumer demand strengthened and traders watched for signs of what President Joe Biden might do about reviving tariff war talks with Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
China's March exports rise 30.6% as global demand revives

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 12, 2021 11:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, a billboard urges people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Middle East economies are recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than anticipated, largely due to the acceleration of mass inoculation campaigns and an increase in oil prices. But the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday, April 11, 2021, that an uneven vaccine distribution would derail the region's rebound, as the prospects of rich and poor countries diverge. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
IMF: Vaccine inequity threatens Mideast's economic recovery

By Isabel Debre Apr. 11, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. Iraq’s prime minister asked the Iranian leadership to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday, April 7, 2021, ahead of another round of strategic talks with Washington. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)
No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Samya Kullab Apr. 07, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

Crew members stand on the bow as the CMA CGM Argentina arrives at PortMiami, the largest container ship to call at a Florida port, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Miami. The U.S. trade deficit grew to $71.1 billion in February, as a decline in exports more than offset a slight dip in imports. The February gap between what America buys from abroad compared to what it sells abroad jumped 4.8% the revised January deficit of $67.8 billion.vThe increase reflected a 2.6% decline in exports of goods and services to $187.3 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
US trade deficit jumps 4.8% to $71.1 billion in February

By Matt Ott Apr. 07, 2021 09:50 AM EDT