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

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#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….

Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status
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Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bond markets has sparked fears about the growing fallout from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and retaliation by China, the European Union and others, raising questions about what is typically seen as the safest corner for investors to…

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

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#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

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#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…

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….

Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight
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Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk slammed President Trump’s top trade adviser as “dumber than a sack of bricks” on Tuesday as tensions between the two exploded over wide-ranging tariffs that have upended the global economy. Mr. Musk directed the criticism at the trade adviser, Peter Navarro,…

Opinion | Reasons to Be Optimistic About a Post-American Order
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Opinion | Reasons to Be Optimistic About a Post-American Order

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defenders of the current order argue that it has prevented major wars and maintained a remarkably stable and prosperous international system. And for a select club of countries, it has. Evan Luard, a British politician and scholar of international relations, calculated that, of…

Some Calm Returns to Asian Markets Even as Trade Tensions Escalate
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Some Calm Returns to Asian Markets Even as Trade Tensions Escalate

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After three days of global market turmoil not seen since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, stocks in Asia regained a measure of calm on Tuesday despite little let up in the escalating trade tensions caused by President Trump’s tariffs. Before markets…