Trade

Apple is left without a life raft as Trump’s China trade war intensifies, analysts warn
People shop at an Apple store in Grand Central Station in New York on April 4, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Though U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on many of his “reciprocal tariffs” has given some firms and investors respite, America’s largest company, Apple, hasn’t been so lucky. The Cupertino-based tech giant […]
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Trump’s triple-digit tariff essentially cuts off most trade with China, says economist
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump’s tariff increase on imports from China would basically end most trade between that country and the U.S., according to economist Erica York. “It depends on how narrowly the tariff […]
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Trump walked back his tariff rollout. But is the damage already done?
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the Closing Bell and the start of President Donald Trump’s news conference on tariffs on April 2, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump offered his trading partners — and financial markets — some reprieve on Wednesday as […]
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Shipping giant Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, pops 10% on Trump’s tariff pause
The container ship Gunde Maersk sits docked at the Port of Oakland on June 24, 2024 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Danish shipping giant Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, posted substantial gains on Thursday morning, rallying after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs for some countries. […]
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Ray Dalio says Trump should negotiate a ‘win-win’ trade deal with China
Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates, speaks to members of the media while departing a meeting with House Budget Committee Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary pullback on reciprocal tariffs […]
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European stocks soar 7% as markets breathe sigh of relief after Trump tariff pause: Live updates
European markets rose sharply at the open on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily reversed course on tariffs. The regional Stoxx 600 index was 7.04% higher shortly after the opening bell, with stocks across the board surging to place all individual sectors firmly in positive territory. Banking, tech and industrials stocks notched the biggest […]
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Trump tariffs: White House blinks first with temporary reprieve; China’s duties kick in
China has been ‘isolated’ amid U.S. tariffs, Bill Ackman says China has been “isolated as a bad actor” as a result of mounting trade tensions and tariff impositions with the U.S., billionaire investor Bill Ackman said Thursday in a social media post. “Every American company is immediately moving their supply chains out of China back […]
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Here’s how China could crush the U.S. housing market
A new housing development built along a canal near the Mokelumne River is viewed on May 22, 2023, near Stockton, California. George Rose | Getty Images Mortgage rates are rising sharply this week, as investors sell U.S. Treasury bonds at a swift pace. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Some speculate […]
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Trump’s tariffs launch a global trade war with no clear off-ramp: Live updates
Dimon: Recession is ‘a likely outcome’ of tariffs Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says that a recession in the U.S. is a “likely outcome” as a result […]
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China to raise reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods to 84%
The Chinese flag flies in Tiananmen square, as seen from the Great Hall of the People where meetings of the National People’s Congress continued in Beijing on March 6, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images China on Wednesday said it would increase its reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods to 84% from 34% previously, […]
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