Trade
Consumer sentiment slides to second lowest on record as inflation expectations jump after tariffs
A woman walks in an aisle of a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly worried that tariffs will lead to higher inflation, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday. The index of consumer sentiment dropped to 50.8, down […]
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How much would a 100% ‘Made in the USA’ vehicle cost? It’s complicated
A 2025 Ford Expedition with bronze trim on April 30, 2025 at the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant. Michael Wayland | CNBC LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A white 2025 Ford Expedition SUV with bronze exterior trim rolls off the assembly line at Ford Motor‘s Kentucky Truck Plant. It was assembled — from its frame to completion — […]
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Shares of Cartier owner Richemont jump 7% as shoppers splurge on jewelry despite luxury slowdown
A Cartier de Panthere wristwatch on display at a Cartier luxury goods store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont. Bloomberg | Getty Images Cartier owner Richemont on Friday posted better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter sales, as the wealthiest spenders continued to shrug off global macroeconomic uncertainty. Revenues at the Swiss luxury group rose 7% year-on-year at constant exchange rates to […]
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China calls U.S. trade talks ‘good’ but quiet on next steps, as Trump hints at Xi call
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, China’s Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and China’s International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, meet on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via Reuters […]
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Shein to set up huge Vietnam warehouse in U.S. tariff hedge, Reuters reports
People walk at the Shein office building in China on April 16, 2025. Tingshu Wang | Reuters Fast-fashion online retailer Shein is leasing a huge warehouse in Vietnam, two people familiar with the deal told Reuters, its first in the country, in a move that could reduce its exposure to unpredictable U.S.-China trade tensions. Shein, which was founded in China and sells products […]
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Japan’s economy contracts by a more than expected 0.2% from prior three months as exports fall
Commercial and residential buildings at dusk in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year, contracting 0.2% in the March quarter as exports declined sharply, preliminary government data showed Friday. The gross domestic product data was poorer compared to the 0.1% […]
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Why this German automaker will benefit from the U.K.-US trade deal
British businesses are still hashing out exactly what the recently-unveiled U.K.-U.S. trade deal — the first under President Donald Trump’s tariff-first , negotiate-later regime — means for them. The European Union is yet to strike its own deal. Despite this, one automaker from the bloc’s biggest economy is about to see benefits due to its […]
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China keeps hold on rare earth metals after lifting some U.S. export curbs
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during the bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via Reuters China has temporarily paused export restrictions targeting 28 American companies on the heels of the trade truce Beijing reached […]
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Trump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India: ‘I had a little problem with Tim Cook’
Donald Trump speaks alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) during the first meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 6, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook […]
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Group of 21 economies — including U.S. and China — warns of growth slowdown over trade tensions
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2025/04/16: An APEC 2025 large-scale promotional video and a statue of King Sejong the Great are seen at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images An intergovernmental grouping of 21 economies including the United States and China warned Thursday that their collective growth risks a sharp […]
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