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Donald Trump has threatened China with an additional tariff of 50% on goods imported into the US if it does not withdraw a countermeasure, as global markets tumbled for a third day.
From BBC
A stock market rout, historic in scale, has swept across the globe wiping more than $10 trillion off major markets, as concerns about the economic damage unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's ta...
From Reuters
Trump said Sunday evening that he’s “open to talking” to world leaders about new deals as he put a brave face on the chaos unleashed by his trade wars after a weekend playing golf at his exclusive Fl...
From CNN
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Officials are increasingly playing up negotiations, meeting with business groups and calling for tax cuts to offset the economic hit.
Over the weekend, as Elon Musk launched into a barrage of social media posts criticizing one of the lead White House advisers for President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff plan, Musk was going over that same official’s head — and making personal appeals to Trump.
Two days after Trump's so-called "Liberation Day," mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in six months. It may not last, experts warned.
The Trump administration has given a variety of reasons and mixed messages for ratcheting up the tariffs charged on goods coming into the United States.
Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, on top of previous levies and retaliation worldwide, are expected to increase prices for everyday items. The trade wars have already roiled financial markets and plunged businesses into uncertainty — all while economists warn of potentially weakened economic growth and heightened inequality.
The US president is pressing ahead with his global tariffs, as even some allies wonder if he is going too far.
President Donald Trump said China would approve a deal to sell TikTok to an American buyer "in 15 minutes" if he gave their government "a little cut in tariffs."
Donald Trump made a fortune from his social-media venture out of office. But his tariff policies, and the economic consequences associated with them, now threaten that haul.