Mexican officials have been negotiating for months with the United States in hopes of staving off further damage to their country’s export-driven economy.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has acknowledged publicly for the first time that the deal he’s negotiating with U.S. President Donald Trump is almost certain to come with tariffs.

As Carney moves to act boldly on ready-made “nation-building” projects, corporate honchos want in — and are scoring face time.

President Donald Trump in recent days slapped tariffs as high as 50% on dozens of countries, restoring the type of aggressive trade policy that sent stocks plummeting a few months ago. The new round of levies prompted little more than a shrug on Wall Street.

Indonesia said on Wednesday it had reached a trade deal with the United States after an "extraordinary struggle" in negotiations which resulted in a reduction of proposed U.S. tariff rates on Indonesi...

The accord came as the top U.S. trading partner - the European Union - readied retaliatory measures should talks with Washington fail.