Geneva officials announced Monday that the US and China will slash reciprocal tariffs from 125% to 10% under a 90-day agreement, halting a months-long trade standoff.

The deal suspends measures imposed after April 2 but preserves Trump-era tariffs, including a 20% levy on Chinese fentanyl-related imports enacted earlier this year.

The truce

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(Analysis) Colombia and Brazil are courting Chinese investment through Belt and Road partnerships, even as the Trump administration reinforces historic claims over the hemisphere.

President Gustavo Petro’s delegation secured $5.2 billion for Bogotá’s metro system during May 2025 Beijing talks, while Brazil finalized 48 deals worth $94 billion in soy

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Beijing on May 11, 2025, to formalize negotiations for joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a move that risks destabilizing the nation’s $35 billion annual trade relationship with the United States.

The delegation, including eight ministers, seeks Chinese financing for infrastructure and

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American financial regulators are blocking international efforts to impose climate-risk mandates on banks, framing the rules as ideologically driven policies that threaten U.S. economic competitiveness.

At the center of the dispute lies the Basel Committee’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks (TFCR), which proposed binding standards for b

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Colombia granted political asylum to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on May 10, 2025, enabling his departure from Nicaragua’s embassy in Panama City after a 16-month refuge.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry confirmed the decision, coordinating safe passage via diplomatic vehicle to an airport for a flight to Bogotá. Martinelli, 73,

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Brazil's conservative populists deal with a defining power battle as former President Jair Bolsonaro, disallowed from workplace until 2030, fights coup-related charges that might land him in prison.With his political survival at stake, allies vie to become his 2026 proxy-a race splitting his movement in between family commitment and practical alliances.Michelle
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