World economy
U.S. starts collecting Trump’s new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms
Containers are pictured at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week. The initial […]
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China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout
A man checks his phone next to an electronic board showing stocks on the Heng Seng Index in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said “the market has spoken” following the U.S. imposition of sweeping new tariffs and called for the White House […]
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Trump tariff live updates: China punches back, sending U.S. markets tumbling
China tariffs slap back at Trump’s plan China’s President Xi Jinping attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 17, 2023. Carlos Barria | Reuters China’s finance ministry on Friday said it will impose a 34% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. The China tariffs take effect on April 10. The […]
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Why OPEC+ is accelerating oil production as prices are tanking and tariffs hammer markets
The Phillips 66 Company’s Los Angeles Refinery in California. Bing Guan | Reuters The oil price outlook is being hit with more bearish forecasts on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping and market-hammering tariff announcements. Businesses and investors worry that a trade war and lower global growth lies ahead. Goldman Sachs on Thursday […]
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El-Erian says U.S. recession risks are now ‘uncomfortably high’
Mohamed Aly El-Erian, chief economic advisor for Allianz SE. Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s extensive raft of import tariffs are putting the U.S. economy at risk of recession, Allianz’s Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian warned on Friday. He added that Trump’s swathe of so-called reciprocal tariffs could have a significant effect on the […]
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AI could affect 40% of jobs and widen inequality between nations, UN warns
Artificial intelligence robot looking at futuristic digital data display. Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is projected to reach $4.8 trillion in market value by 2033, but the technology’s benefits remain highly concentrated, according to the U.N. Trade and Development agency. In a report released on Thursday, UNCTAD said the AI market […]
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The biggest winners and losers in Europe as Trump announces sweeping tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump stands, after delivering remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Global markets, businesses and long-standing geopolitical relationships were thrown into disarray on Thursday, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy — and Europe was not […]
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Here’s where Apple makes its products — and how Trump’s tariffs could have an impact
Apple’s iPhone 16 at an Apple Store on Regent Street in London on Sept. 20, 2024. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images Apple has made moves to diversify its supply chain beyond China to places like India and Vietnam, but tariffs announced by the White House are set to hit those countries too. […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: How far is India from creating its own DeepSeek?
ChatGPT and DeepSeek AI apps on a user’s phone in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Feb. 5, 2025 Nasir Kachroo | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its […]
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‘Peak’ uncertainty: Evercore ISI predicts market turning point around Trump tariffs
Fast Money ‘Peak’ uncertainty: Evercore ISI predicts market turning point around Trump tariffs Published Mon, Mar 31 20256:54 PM EDT Stephanie Landsman@stephlandsman WATCH LIVE Source
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