“There seems to be no order in the disorder, no clear path to the complexity and chaos that is being created,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in response to new U.S. tariffs.
The de minimis rule, which allows shipments worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free, had helped propel Chinese e-commerce upstarts Temu and Shein to explosive growth.
Countries seeking to sell goods to the United States will now face taxes as high as 54% based on how the White House is calculating duties on U.S. exports.
The announcement of a temporary truce by the junta followed unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule.
State media in Pyongyang criticized a recent agreement by Japan and the United States, sealed during Defense Secretary Hegseth's visit, as an example of the push to militarize Japan.
The military spokesperson said that the Chinese Red Cross hadn't informed authorities it was in a conflict zone and that the troops failed to stop the convoy.
China’s military published video it said was of drills showing rockets hitting targets on land and an animation of explosions over Taiwanese port cities.