With President Donald Trump's dramatic tariff hikes on the cusp of starting, countries around the world scrambled on Thursday to finalize their trade frameworks with the United States, figure out the tax rates their goods might face and prepare for the unknown.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would have new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect in seven days — the next step in his trade agenda that will

Li Chenggang, the Chinese vice minister of commerce and international trade representative, told state media the discussions had been "candid" and that the two sides would push to