•Trump US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order threatening tariffs on Iran’s trade partners, after he pledged a further round of talks with Tehran next week. The order, effective from today, called for a fresh “imposition of tariffs” on countries still doing business with Iran, reports AFP. It comes amid heightened tensio...
•Macron French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published yesterday. “I told them that if they don’t react, we Europeans will be forced to take strong measures in the coming months,” Macron told business […]...
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump announced yesterday punishing tariffs on pharmaceuticals, big-rig trucks, home renovation fixtures and furniture, reviving his global trade war. The late-evening announcement is the harshest trade policy by the president since last April’s shock unveiling of reciprocal tariffs on virtually e...
•Ramaphosa and Trump South Africa will use the week-long delay in the US’s imposition of 30-percent tariffs to negotiate hard to avoid the penalty and save jobs, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today. South Africa is among nearly 70 countries facing President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on exports that were due to come into force today […...
•US President Donald Trump The United States, US, took in more revenue from tariffs in the first six months of 2025 than it did in all of 2024, according to data from the US Treasury compiled by AFP. The more than $87 billion in tariff revenue taken in through the end of June, compared with […]
•Ferdinand Marcos and Donald Trump US President Donald Trump agreed yesterday to reduce threatened tariffs on the Philippines, but only by one percentage point, after what he termed a successful meeting with his counterpart Ferdinand Marcos. Welcoming Marcos to the White House, Trump called him a “very tough negotiator” and said: “We’re very c...
The United States doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Wednesday, casting a pall on a gathering of OECD ministers as President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war weighs on the world economy. Trump’s sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries alike — including levies on imported steel and autos — have strained US ties with trading partners...
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has agreed to soften the impact of tariffs on automakers who have been hit by multiple levies, US media reported yesterday. The move comes ahead of a Trump rally planned for tonight near Detroit to mark the president’s first 100 days in office. The shift means companies […]
•Xi and Trump China said today it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125 percent but would ignore further levies by President Donald Trump because it no longer makes economic sense for importers to buy from America. After a week of market mayhem as the world’s two largest economies took turns to put up […]
•Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump’s pause on global tariffs a “welcome reprieve” and said Ottawa will begin negotiations with Washington on a new economic deal after elections. After days of turmoil in global markets, the mercurial US president abruptly announced yesterday...
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