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…

Trump Threatens More Tariffs and Sanctions on Mexico Over Long-Running Water Dispute
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Trump Threatens More Tariffs and Sanctions on Mexico Over Long-Running Water Dispute

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Thursday threatened additional tariffs and other sanctions against Mexico over a long-running water dispute in a potential escalation of tensions with one of America’s biggest trading partners. In a social media post, Mr. Trump accused Mexico of failing to provide…

Under Trump, Gun Agency Remains Rudderless and Leaderless
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Under Trump, Gun Agency Remains Rudderless and Leaderless

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — a small government agency tasked with the titanic challenge of stemming the spread of illegal guns — has long been regarded as the spurned stepchild of federal law enforcement. It is fast becoming an…

Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion
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Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves forward on a formal plan to acquire the Arctic island from Denmark. The plan mobilizes several cabinet departments behind Mr. Trump’s…

Luigi Mangione Death Penalty Bid May Pit Prosecutors Against Each Other
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Luigi Mangione Death Penalty Bid May Pit Prosecutors Against Each Other

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Luigi Mangione is being prosecuted for murder by two agencies: the Department of Justice, which answers to President Trump, and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is led by the only prosecutor to convict President Trump. Mr. Trump and the Manhattan district attorney,…

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

ByNews Polite

#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.

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…