‘Just a hiccup’: White House shrugs off court ruling blocking Trump tariffs, blames ‘activist judges’ Activist judges can't stop tariffs. We Got This Covered · May 29, 2025
What happens next as Court of International Trade strikes down Trump tariffs? Panel of three judges, made up of one Trump appointee, said the president lacked authority to impose sweeping ‘reciprocal’ tariffs The Independent UK · May 29, 2025
Trump hails 'great progress' as US-China trade talks in Geneva continue The lead US negotiator described “a great deal of productivity” in resolving US-China trade differences after two days of talks in Switzerland, following Trump’s tariffs and Beijing’s retaliation. Euronews · May 11, 2025
White House claims China trade deal reached while Beijing hails ‘important first steps’ US announcement comes after treasury secretary touted progress in two days of talks with Chinese vice-premier in Geneva The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2025
U.S. says deal struck in tariff talks with China will help global trade deficit as White House signals reboot in relations “It’s important to understand how quickly we were able to come to an agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not as large as maybe thought.” Fortune · May 11, 2025
China Pushes South Korea to Stop Supplying US With Critical Rare Earth Products China urges South Korea to stop exporting rare earth products to U.S. defense firms, raising global trade tensions. Latin Times · Apr 23, 2025
Trump Looking Into Whether He Can Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell Despite Central Bank Independence President Donald Trump is studying whether he can fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025
Trump moves closer to semiconductor tariffs, floats pause on auto duties US president says he is looking at offering relief to automakers as they adjust their supply chains. Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2025
Did Trump really ‘exempt’ Chinese phones, chips from tariffs? Trump only rolled back tariffs imposed since April 2. Laptops, phones and semiconductors still face hefty levies. Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2025
Trump team tries to bolster confidence after tariffs chaos in markets While investors remain anxious about the impact of tariffs on global markets, White House advisors are warning against panic. The fast-changing nature of Trump's trade policies means this message is — however — hard to swallow. Euronews · Apr 14, 2025
Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU Call to prioritise reset with Europe comes after top adviser to Trump downplays prospect of US tariffs being reduced The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025
UK ‘resolved to get best deal’ with US despite American doubts about carve out Rachel Reeves is travelling to Poland on Friday to meet European finance ministers. Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025
Trump’s economic adviser dampens Starmer’s hopes of tariffs relief It would take an ‘extraordinary deal’ for any country to improve on 10% rate, says Kevin Hassett The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025
US stocks down as trade war with China deepens The White House says President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from China is currently 145 percent. Al Jazeera · Apr 10, 2025
The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025 Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’ Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025 The Latest: S&P 500 falls 2% at the open despite Trump’s tariff pause U.S. stocks are giving back some of their historic gains from the day before as Wall Street weighs a global trade war that has cooled in temperature but is still threatening the economy
Fortune · Apr 10, 2025 Ron Wyden says the U.S. economy 'has gone from the envy of the world to a laughingstock in less time than it took to finish March Madness' The senator laments how Trump and his advisors refuse to give a straight answer about the end-goal of tariffs.
Reason · Apr 8, 2025 Trump's Manly Tariffs Plus: Supreme Court in a holding pattern, NYC acts like money grows on trees, and more...
Euronews · Apr 8, 2025 How a false headline about a tariff 'pause' triggered a wild stock market jump US markets briefly surged on Monday amid false rumours that President Donald Trump was mulling a 90-day pause on tariffs, before they plunged again. Euroverify investigates.
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2025 Wall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’ Traders leaving the New York Stock Exchange were trying to make sense of another day of volatility
Salon · Apr 7, 2025 Fake tariff news causes market whiplash A single post from a verified account on X caused the market to surge and then fall within minutes
The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025 Wall Street gets its Trump wake-up call Analysis: Wall Street is freaking out about Trump’s trade war. But it was always in plain sight
The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025 Bogus report on tariff pause briefly lifted markets before White House denied it A bogus rumor that President Donald Trump was considering a pause in tariffs briefly lifted markets Monday before the White House shot down the unfounded reports
Fortune · Apr 7, 2025 False report of Trump considering a 90-day tariff pause sends markets on a wild ride The unverified rumor, since debunked, came from an anonymous X account named Walter Bloomberg.
Latin Times · Apr 7, 2025 Markets Spike Over Quote About Trump Considering a Pause On Tariffs, Dip Again After Proven False Markets suddenly spiked on Monday over a quote attributed to the director of the National Economic Council. They dipped again after it was proven false