A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating
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A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and scrambled prospects for many global businesses that depend on the trade. And there is no end in sight. The Trump administration has been…

Xi Jinping Travels to Southeast Asia Amid Tariff War with U.S.
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Xi Jinping Travels to Southeast Asia Amid Tariff War with U.S.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As China faces off with the United States over a punishing trade war, it is under pressure to shore up its friendships around the world, starting with its neighbors in Southeast Asia. But its relations there are complicated. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will…

Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics
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Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday that spared smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics from some of the fees, in a significant break for tech companies like…

Trade War Forces Tough Question for Retailers: Raise Prices or Eat the Cost?
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Trade War Forces Tough Question for Retailers: Raise Prices or Eat the Cost?

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Vivian Hoffman has worked in retail for a half-century, including 25 years as a buyer for Century 21 and the last eight running Whim, a chain selling affordable women’s clothing in the suburbs of New York City. She has adapted to recessions, the…

In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits
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In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump didn’t seem to mind as his worldwide tariffs set off stock market sell-offs and wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth. “Be cool,” he told Americans. Then he blinked on Wednesday afternoon in the face of financial turmoil, particularly a rapid…

Markets Worry About Finding an Exit From Trump’s Trade Fight
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Markets Worry About Finding an Exit From Trump’s Trade Fight

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The trade battle intensifies There’s no letup in sight to the trade war: This morning, China raised its tariffs on U.S. imports yet again. Beijing said it would not make economic sense to raise them further, and called the Trump administration’s dizzying tariffs…

Stocks waver on latest escalation in U.S.-China trade war.
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Stocks waver on latest escalation in U.S.-China trade war.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Stock markets shuddered on Friday as the trade war between the United States and China continued to escalate. The Stoxx Europe 600 index slipped 0.7 percent after China raised its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 percent. The benchmark index in Germany, whose…

Opinion | This Instability May Be Worth It. Here’s Why.
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Opinion | This Instability May Be Worth It. Here’s Why.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From New York Times. Opinion I’m Ross Douthat. And this is interesting times. Very interesting times, in fact, because just in time for the debut of this podcast, almost as if he planned it that way, Donald Trump has taken a sledgehammer to…