Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt
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Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s economy will not grow for the third year in a row, the government said on Thursday, scaling back a previous prediction as President Trump’s tariffs bite into Europe’s largest economy, leaving it stagnant. In January, the German government had predicted 0.3 percent…

A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations
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A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain has sent a parade of senior officials to China this year, part of a calculated charm offensive to thaw out relations with a country that looms large in a world order upended by the United States under President Trump. But an emergency…

How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs
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How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain has watched President Trump’s tariffs with a mix of shock, fascination and queasy recognition. The country, after all, embarked on a similar experiment in economic isolationism when it voted to leave the European Union in 2016. Nearly nine years after the Brexit…

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…

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’

ByNews Polite

#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’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.

ByNews Polite

#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…

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’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy
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Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The global economic system that the United States has shaped and steered for more than three-quarters of a century was animated by a powerful guiding vision: that trade and finance would be based on cooperation and consent rather than coercion. That system, for…