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.

#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…

Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat surprising response: “So what?” The question underscored the Trump administration’s argument that America has the upper hand in a trade war with China…

Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War
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Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump spared Russia from the tariffs he had imposed on 180 other nations in a bid to reshape global trade. But that did not exempt the country from the ensuing economic havoc. The price of oil, the lifeline of Russia’s economy and…

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

#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…

Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs
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Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As President Trump ratcheted up new tariffs on goods from China to 125 percent this week, the mood in the dusty streets and small factories of southeastern China was a mixture of anger, worry and resolve. Thousands of export-oriented small factories in or…

Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’
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Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to rethink his approach. “I know what the hell I’m doing,” he told Republicans on Tuesday as the…

Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause
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Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Wednesday abruptly reversed course on steep global tariffs that have roiled markets, upset members of his own party and raised fears of a recession. Just hours after he put punishing levies into place on nearly 60 countries, the president said…

Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs
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Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even as President Trump heaped additional tariffs on China, his barrage of trade levies on countries across Asia and unpredictability about what he might do next have encouraged some companies to hunker down in China, exactly the opposite of what he had hoped….

Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.
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Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Behind President Trump’s decision to hit some of America’s largest trading partners with stiff tariffs is his fixation on the trade deficit that the United States runs with other nations. But many economists say that is a poor metric for judging the quality…