Tariff threats and uncertainty could weigh on consumers

Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers’ mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy.Data released Friday showed that consumers...

Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada from next month

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4 as scheduled because drugs are still...

The clenched fist

As soon as he returned to the White House, Donald Trump suspended funding for all foreign assistance, creating confusion in the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and consternation among...

Markets, dollar jump as House advances Trump’s tax cut plans

Global shares and the dollar rose on Wednesday after House Republicans advanced US President Donald Trump’s tax cut plans, while Treasury yields nudged higher after the previous day’s sharp fall.The...

Trump risks making the same economic mistakes as Biden

Allison Schrager, Tribune News ServiceThere is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whether it’s...

Apple to invest $500 billion in US as Trump tariffs bite

Apple said on Monday it will spend more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years and hire 20,000 people, with President Donald Trump quickly taking...

Donald Trump tariffs leave WTO adrift in eye of the storm

The World Trade Organization’s entire mission is overseeing global trade, but US President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive has left it adrift.Cedric Dupont of the Geneva Graduate Institute, an international relations...

US business activity stalling amid rising fears over tariffs on imports

US business activity nearly stalled in February amid mounting fears over tariffs on imports and deep cuts in federal government spending, erasing all the gains notched in the aftermath of...

Trump tariffs may push Airbus to prioritise non-US clients

Airbus could prioritise deliveries to non-U.S. customers if tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump were to disrupt the company’s imports in the country, CEO Guillaume Faury said in an...

Inflation is back