Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated
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Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It is a fool’s errand to try to rationalize President Trump’s obsession with tariffs. This is not to say that people haven’t tried. There are any number of theories that seek to explain Trump’s preoccupation with tariffs and trade wars. Perhaps he wants…

Another Rocky Day in Markets: Stocks in Asia Resume Their Slide
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Another Rocky Day in Markets: Stocks in Asia Resume Their Slide

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Market turmoil extended into Wednesday’s trading session in Asia, as stocks across the region faced renewed downward pressure amid the impending imposition of significantly higher taxes on imports to the United States. Benchmark indexes in Japan and Hong Kong opened down more than…

Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy
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Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks, its most defining feature is a burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness. The costs of that approach are now becoming clear. Administration officials knew the markets would dive and other nations would…

Trump Maintains 104% China Tariffs as U.S. Officials Signal Openness to Talks
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Trump Maintains 104% China Tariffs as U.S. Officials Signal Openness to Talks

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s next round of punishing tariffs on some of America’s largest trading partners was set to go into effect just after midnight on Wednesday, including stiff new levies that will increase import taxes on Chinese goods by at least 104 percent. Mr….

Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs
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Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on most of America’s trading partners has governments across the globe racing to schedule phone calls, send delegations to Washington and offer up proposals to lower their import taxes in order to escape the levies. On…

Europe Is Ready to Make Its First Countermove to Trump Tariffs
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Europe Is Ready to Make Its First Countermove to Trump Tariffs

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s announcement last week that he will impose a 20 percent tariff on goods coming from the European Union sent shock waves across the 27-nation bloc, the latest move in an unfolding trade war that is tearing the close partners apart. This…

China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy
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China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China’s leaders have sent a clear message about the effects of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs: Things will be painful, but it is nothing that the country cannot handle. A commentary on Sunday in the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, said Beijing…

Trump’s Tariffs Imperil the Fortunes of a Nissan Factory Town
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Trump’s Tariffs Imperil the Fortunes of a Nissan Factory Town

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kanda, a small town encircled by mountains on Japan’s southeast coast, is hundreds of miles from any major centers of business or politics. But recently, the only thing on its residents’ minds is President Trump. In restaurants and bars and around Kanda’s small…