US trading partners braced for a volley of tariff hikes this week, but a deadline for their imposition came and went as President Donald Trump delayed them again until August -- but unveiled new coppe

This was the week Donald Trump revived his global trade war after a three-month pause on the dramatic levies he announced on “liberation day” in early April. The return of the self-styled “tariff man” comes as foreign governments face the prospect of either quickly striking a trade deal with the mercurial US president,

Trump’s move deepens a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance.

The Central Asian nation, rich in critical minerals, is deepening its ties to China but does relatively little trade with the United States.