European Commission president floats idea of zero-for-zero tariff agreement with US, saying she hopes to achieve ‘frictionless trade’
Technical consultations between the United States and Ukraine on a minerals deal will begin in Washington on Friday, the Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Ukrainian deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna as saying on Thursday, Reuters is reporting.
Elsewhere, French president Emmanuel Macron is making headlines with his announcement that France plans to recognise a Palestinian state within months and could make the move at a UN conference in New York in June on settling the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
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