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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature “Make Gaza beautiful again,” says US secretary of state Marco Rubio “Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas,” Rubio wrote in a post on X, “As @POTUS shared today, the United States stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again. Our […]
(Bloomberg) — Stocks struggled for traction as traders worried about the economic implications of tariffs while parsing the latest batch of earnings. The dollar weakened and bond yields rose. Most Read from Bloomberg S&P 500 futures and European equities were little changed after China’s restrained response to US tariffs and a last-minute reprieve for Canada […]
Watch: ‘I’m getting angry and anti-American’ – Canadians decry tariff threat President Donald Trump has suspended for 30 days the hefty tariffs on Mexico and Canada that he threatened after last-minute negotiations with the two US neighbours. He can point to concessions on border and crime enforcement as a victory. But Canada’s Justin Trudeau and […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — After three years spent trying to deter Russia from destroying Ukraine, European Union leaders grappled on Monday with how to respond to a major ally who appears determined to start a trade war or even seize part of their territory. It would “be a cruel paradox if, during the time of this […]
(Bloomberg) — Having lived with the risk of a US-led trade war for weeks, financial markets reopen Monday needing to deal with the reality. Most Read from Bloomberg Investors look likely to be initially favoring the US dollar, propelling it to new highs, and may shun stocks after President Donald Trump carried out his threat […]
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s prime minister and Mexico’s president ordered retaliatory tariffs on goods from the U.S, following through with their threats after U.S. Donald Trump sparked a trade war by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. Canada is initially targeting $30 billion Canadian (US$20 billion) in goods imported from the […]
President Trump is planning to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Saturday, and 10% tariffs on China, making a signature campaign promise and core economic philosophy of his administration reality, with implications for everything from oil to autos to the U.S consumer. But for many companies across the economy, the preparations for a […]
Donald Trump was barely into his second week back in the White House when he declared that his latest presidency already heralded the “golden age of America”. Others reached for more ominous characterisations of the barrage of orders from the new administration that have rocked the US government: blitzkrieg, shock and awe, criminal. Trump came […]
Donald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. There will be 25% tariffs on goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on imports from China from this weekend. Here is all you need to know about tariffs, and what could happen with Trump’s planned […]