Could Donald Trump’s tariffs cause a recession?

Investors are growing increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and federal layoffs could spark a US recession. An even bigger worry is that the Federal Reserve might not...

High tariffs

The USA is proposing revising tariffs to 25 per cent, on products from México and Canada, and even China. There will be possible reciprocals. This will have repercussions for ordinary...

The situation

EU hits back at US with counter-tariffs

Even as US President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, the European Union (EU) hit back with tariffs on American goods like peanuts, soybeans,...

Japanese PM plays his card well in US

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on his visit to Washington seems to have struck a pragmatic relationship with American President Donald Trump, who has been on an imposing-tariffs-on-allies spree. Japan...

New slogan

Trump's tariffs brought China and Mexico closer

The last time Donald Trump was president, he imposed a slew of tariffs on China that upended global trade. He’s threatening to do it again. Round One inadvertently pushed China...

Abu Dhabi’s capability in boosting energy transformation highlighted

Business Bureau, Gulf Today Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), has outlined how Abu Dhabi’s energy transformation has dramatically changed the emirate’s...

DBWC, EU delegation discuss ways to promote economic ties

Business Bureau, Gulf Today The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) and a high-level European delegation  recently discussed ways to foster mutual cooperation and develop networking mechanisms with business communities....

Switzerland slashes 2019 growth forecast

The Swiss government cut its 2019 growth forecast by a third on Tuesday, citing as risks the escalating trade war between China and the United States, the rising Swiss franc...