August 1, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (July 31) signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said, Reuters reports.   Goods transshipped to another country to evade the new tariffs would be subject to a transshipment levy…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Syrian counterpart, Asaad al-Shibani, in Moscow on Thursday, the first visit by a top official from country’s new government.   During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow hoped that Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa would attend a summit between Russia and Arab League member states, that would take…