U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked some parts of the military to propose what could be cut as part of a potential 8% spending reduction for them over each of the next five years, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, although it was unclear if the total defense budget would shrink.

President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.

Trump has imposed broad 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports, leading Beijing to retaliate with retaliatory tariffs and filing a WTO case against Washington, in what might be an early test of Trump’s ap

The World Trade Organization said on Wednesday discussions on global trade tensions were "constructive", following a meeting in Geneva dominated by the tariff policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The sweeping tariffs threatened or already imposed by US President Donald Trump risk triggering inflation, market distortions, and even a global recession, China said Tuesday at the World Trade Organization.

Trump has announced 10% tariffs on Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to respond with retaliatory tariffs and to file a WTO dispute against the US

China condemned tariffs launched or threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump at a World Trade Organization meeting on Tuesday, saying such "tariff shocks" could upend the global trading system in a warning dismissed as hypocritical by Washington.

China has called for a debate at the World Trade Organization on "trade turbulence" and how the global trade watchdog should respond in an apparent reference to tariffs launched or threatened by the United States.

Chinese authorities have condemned the Trump administration's "Tariff shocks" at the World Trade Organization after the US imposed 10% tariffs on all imports.