France has hit back at a US threat to slap 100% tariffs on French cheese, Champagne and other products, with the president telling Donald Trump the move would amount to an attack on all of Europe.

Linking the US’s favourable treatment of the city to its continued autonomy comes at crunch period in bilateral talks to defuse bruising trade war, says John Ruwitch

The United States and South Korea successfully concluded a free trade agreement after almost 10 months of negotiations, a US official said today.