Asia stocks sink, gold at record high as tariffs unnerve markets

Asian stocks slid on Friday with heavy selling in South Korea and Japan while safe-haven gold was perched at a record high as the latest tariff salvo from US President...

European stocks fall, gold rises as Trump’s auto tariffs hit markets

European stock markets fell on Thursday and Wall Street was set to open lower, as shares in some of the world’s biggest carmakers tumbled after US President Donald Trump announced...

Trump’s threats have jolted Europe

US President Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking has given Europe an unexpected spur to action, but any sense of “Europhoria” about the region’s chances of turning this moment into a longer-lasting...

Trump's tariffs vs US economy

Japan says economy is recovering, but flags risks from Trump policies

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting the timing of further rate hikes will depend largely on the fallout...

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...