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Watch live: Treasury Sec. Bessent outlines plan to restore ‘equilibrium’ to world financial system
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Watch live: Treasury Sec. Bessent outlines plan to restore ‘equilibrium’ to world financial system

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is delivering the keynote address to the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. After his speech, Bessent is set to sit for a […]

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Boeing CEO says China has stopped taking its aircraft amid trade war
Travel

Boeing CEO says China has stopped taking its aircraft amid trade war

China has ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing Co. jets as part of the tit-for-tat trade war that’s seen US President Donald Trump levy tariffs of as high as 145% on Chinese goods. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing could hand over some of its aircraft that were destined […]

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Boeing reports results before the bell. Here’s what to expect
Travel

Boeing reports results before the bell. Here’s what to expect

A Boeing 737 aircraft fuselage is pictured at the company’s Renton factory in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing is set to report results before the market opens on Wednesday, when Wall Street expects to see some improvements despite a trade war and other supply chain problems. […]

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Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots hit by China’s rare earth restrictions, says Musk
Technology

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots hit by China’s rare earth restrictions, says Musk

A mockup of Tesla Inc.’s planned humanoid robot Optimus on display during the Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The motor show will continue through April 9. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk says China’s new trade restrictions on […]

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IMF cuts 2025 growth forecast for major Asian economies, warns of global slowdown on trade worries
World

IMF cuts 2025 growth forecast for major Asian economies, warns of global slowdown on trade worries

A security guard stands outside the building near signs advertising the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded its growth forecasts for major Asian economies in 2025, citing trade tensions and “high policy uncertainty.” The […]

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Auto groups lobby Trump administration against parts tariffs in rare unified message
Business

Auto groups lobby Trump administration against parts tariffs in rare unified message

Jamell Harris loads raw casting heads to be manufactured at the Stellantis Dundee Engine Complex on August 18, 2022 in Dundee, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – Six of the top policy groups representing the U.S. automotive industry are uncharacteristically joining forces to lobby the Trump administration against 25% tariffs on auto parts […]

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Bessent says he expects ‘de-escalation’ in U.S.-China tariff fight in the ‘very near future’
Politics

Bessent says he expects ‘de-escalation’ in U.S.-China tariff fight in the ‘very near future’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors in a closed-door meeting Tuesday he expects “there will be a de-escalation” in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China in the “very near future,” a person in the room told CNBC. “No one thinks the current status quo is sustainable” with tariff rates at their current levels, Bessent […]

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Busiest U.S. ports for Chinese freight, Los Angeles, Long Beach, see steep drop in container vessel traffic
World

Busiest U.S. ports for Chinese freight, Los Angeles, Long Beach, see steep drop in container vessel traffic

Shipping containers from China at the China Shipping (North America) Holding Company Ltd. facility at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, Feb. 4, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters The pullback in trade between the U.S. and China as a result of President Trump’s steep tariffs on Chinese goods and fears of a recession […]

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Roche to invest  billion in the U.S. as pharma tariff threat lingers
World

Roche to invest $50 billion in the U.S. as pharma tariff threat lingers

A photo showing the logo of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche in Basel. SEBASTIEN BOZON | AFP | Getty Images Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Tuesday said that it would invest $50 billion in the U.S. over the next five years, amid concerns about the impact of possible new White House tariffs on pharma goods from […]

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5 European stocks to watch this earnings season as Trump’s tariffs hit
World

5 European stocks to watch this earnings season as Trump’s tariffs hit

Investors are entering 2025’s first-quarter earnings season with a huge cloud of uncertainty hanging over them — thanks primarily to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The scale of duties announced in April, along with the volatility injected by subsequent updates and reversals in policy, have so far exceeded even the most bearish forecasts. Negotiators from […]

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