US trading partners trying to navigate the final weeks of negotiations before President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs hit are facing a leader who has made clear he’s lost patience with talks. Even as negotiators from Brussels to New Delhi are racing to find a way out of the punishing levies he’s floated, Trump continued…
Waterfront city skyline of Sydney city downtown at night with bright illumination of modern architectural landmarks in Sydney, Australia. Prasit Photo | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that “reciprocal” tariffs, first announced in April, will take effect on Aug. 1 for countries that haven’t struck a deal. Trump added…
US President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday (June 26), calling him “terrible” and revealing he has several potential successors in mind. “I know within three or four people who I’m going to pick,” Trump told reporters at The Hague on the sidelines of NATO summit, when asked…
US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that “great progress” was made during the first day of high-stakes US-China trade talks in Geneva, signalling what he called a “total reset” in relations between the world’s two largest economies.In a post on Truth Social, the US president wrote, “A very good meeting today with China, in…
US president Donald Trump has suggested that the historically high tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports will not last. Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump told reporters the 145% tariff rate would eventually “come down substantially,” even as he maintained a confident tone about the US’s bargaining position.“145% is very high, and it…
