Trump awaits call from China, markets recover after carnage

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is waiting to hear from China before duties of more than 100% take effect, but other administration officials said they...

China vows 'fight to the end' as Trump warns 50% more tariffs

China vowed on Tuesday to 'fight to the end' against fresh tariffs of 50 per cent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has...

Deep plunge

Tariffs hit a sour note in NYC emporium of sweets

Economy Candy’s shelves brim with sweets from around the world — gummies from Germany, lollipops from Spain, chocolates from Japan and a panoply of candies from across the US....

Volunteers on ‘right side of history’ fight Trump data purge

In defiance of an executive order that wiped reams of data from US government websites, volunteers are reversing “this act of official vandalism” and ensuring open access to the...

State of mind

EU prefers to talk than fight with Washington over Trump’s tariffs

European Union ministers broadly agreed on Monday to prioritise negotiations to remove tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump over retaliation even as it prepared a first set of targeted...

Are Americans angry with Trump’s tariffs?

The protests that have erupted across the United States against President Donald Trump’s policies – and not just the tariffs – seem to suggest the businessman-turned-president has lost his...

Trump’s tariffs could hit Americans hardest

Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on US imports from most countries is destructive on the global level and can be expected to impact negatively the Eastern Arab World and...

Americans will pay more for sneakers, jeans, T-shirts due to tariffs

Sending children back to school in new sneakers, jeans and T-shirts is likely to cost US families significantly more this fall if the bespoke tariffs President Donald Trump put...