Lindt holds back on Canada supply shift, boosts local stocks
Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said it is still working out how to deal with the escalating trade war launched by U.S.
April 23, 2025Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said it is still working out how to deal with the escalating trade war launched by U.S.
April 23, 2025Trump says China tariffs will ‘come down substantially,’ hinting at potential U-turn
April 23, 2025A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Listening to President Trump on Tuesday, it's as if all the vitriol towards Fed boss Jay Powell - the threats, the name
April 23, 2025Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said on Wednesday the German automaker was urging the European Union to find an "equitable solution" to create a level-playing
April 23, 2025A U.S. federal court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's tariffs against a group of small businesses to remain in force for now, saying the businesses
April 22, 2025We’re suddenly talking about the Great Depression when discussing Trump’s stock market
April 22, 2025‘Chaotic’ tariff regime and trade war are leaving small businesses in their wake
April 20, 2025The ripple effects of Donald Trump's global trade war are increasingly being felt across numerous industries all at once and on Wednesday were
April 16, 2025(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)
April 15, 2025U.S.
April 15, 2025US stocks get boost from tariff exemptions but trade war confusion persists
April 14, 2025Trump official says tariff exemptions on tech are temporary. Elizabeth Warren calls trade war ‘red light, green light’ game
April 13, 2025U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions.
April 11, 2025Gold blazed past the $3,200 mark on Friday, as a faltering dollar and an escalating U.S.-China trade war stirred recession fears, sending investors flocking to the safety of
April 11, 2025Another inflation report underlines the strength of the US economy before Trump’s tariff chaos
April 11, 2025Japan's Nikkei share average slumped on Friday in a brutal end to a volatile week as investors worried about the economic fallout from the rapidly escalating U.S.-China trade war as
April 10, 2025The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies has spiraled into greater peril
April 09, 2025President Donald Trump has shared on Truth Social that he has “authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.”
April 09, 2025In a stunning reversal, U.S.
April 09, 2025By declaring a trade war on the rest of the world, President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets and raised the risk of a recession
April 09, 2025Tariffs on China set to rise to at least 104% on Wednesday, White House says
April 08, 2025Beijing, feeling boxed into a corner by the United States' intensifying tariff assault on China and any country that buys or
April 08, 2025Days after U.S.
April 08, 2025What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets It's Friday, so today I'll provide a quick overview of what's happening in global
April 04, 2025World markets were slammed on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump's unveiling of reciprocal tariffs to match duties put on U.S. goods by other countries.
April 02, 2025U.S.
April 03, 2025Countries across the world, including some of America's closest allies, condemned President Donald Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs and some pledged counter-measures while hoping
April 03, 2025Trump just massively escalated his trade war. Here’s what he announced
April 02, 2025The government backers of China's largest auto show have clashed over who has the rights to organise it, sowing confusion among automakers and would-be attendees just weeks before
April 02, 2025President Donald Trump says “Liberation Day” is coming
March 30, 2025President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on all cars shipped to the United States set to take effect on April 3, marking a significant escalation in a global trade war. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reports.
March 29, 2025Safe-haven gold hit a fresh record high on Friday as an index of global shares fell, weighed down by worries over a looming trade war sparked
March 28, 2025U.S.
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March 18, 2025The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies including the Swiss franc and the euro on Thursday, as investors consolidated positions
March 13, 2025Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean said on Tuesday he had provided the administration of U.S.
March 11, 2025AriensCo - a manufacturer of bright orange snowblowers - has braced for the cold blast of tariffs since November.
March 11, 2025To President Donald Trump, “tariff” is more than “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.”
March 06, 2025(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) By Mike Dolan Morning Bid U.S.
March 05, 2025A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland With so much going on in markets right now, it's hard to know where to look.
March 05, 2025President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address to Congress and the nation that left Democratic legislators to register their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection
March 04, 2025Warren Buffett: Tariffs are ‘an act of war’
March 03, 2025Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China will "play along to the end" if the United States is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not wish to
February 15, 2025U.S.
February 11, 2025Gold's surge to a fresh record high is being fuelled by fears of an escalating global trade war instigated by U.S. President Donald Trump.
February 11, 2025By Ron Bousso LONDON - The burgeoning trade war between the United States and China has caught American gas exporters in the crossfire as they face the prospect of losing their edge in the world's
February 06, 2025A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a four-day guessing game and much financial turbulence, the United States and China appear to have resumed a tit-for-tat trade
February 04, 2025Makers of alcoholic beverages such as Johnnie Walker whisky and Corona beer could be caught in the crosshairs of a potential trade war after U.S.
February 03, 2025A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets have taken the one-month delay in tariffs on Canada and Mexico as a signal that everything's negotiable.
February 04, 2025European leaders warned on Monday that U.S.
February 03, 2025The major stock indexes closed lower on Monday, but partly recovered from initial steeper losses as U.S.
February 03, 2025Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets and President Donald Trump’s own meme coin taking big hits
February 03, 2025Oil prices edged up in volatile trade on Monday but closed at a one-month low on the expiration of a higher-priced contract, as the market digested U.S.
February 02, 2025Automakers and alcoholic beverage companies pared early session losses on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump paused new tariffs on Mexico for one month.
February 03, 2025Euro zone inflation accelerated last month but remained on an anticipated course that could let the European Central Bank cut interest rates further, even if a surging dollar, a
February 03, 2025Cryptocurrency prices slid on Monday, with bitcoin at a three-week low, as the risk of a trade war spooked investors and caused a selloff across financial markets.
February 02, 2025From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Donald Trump's promise to jack up tariffs when he becomes U.S. president in less than two weeks.
January 08, 2025Britain named Labour Party grandee Peter Mandelson as its ambassador to the United States on Friday, seeking to woo Donald Trump's administration, avoid a trade war
December 20, 2024China on Friday slapped a levy on imports of an acid from the United States widely used in food, feed, pesticides and medical fields, amid heightened tensions with Washington over
May 04, 2024China passed a law on Friday strengthening its trade defence capabilities as the United States and the European Union take aim at Beijing over excess industrial capacity.
May 13, 2024The Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will discuss the risk of fragmentation in global trade after "very tough" tariffs
May 29, 2024A U.S. move to raise tariffs on Chinese goods is a sign of weakness, not of strength, and shows that some in the United States may be "losing their minds", China's foreign minister
May 30, 2024Escalation of the U.S.-China trade war seems unavoidable whoever wins the White House in November, but the equally inevitable inflationary pressures that
May 31, 2024As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, which relies on Chinese
May 31, 2024China said on Thursday that U.S. and European assertions of excess capacity were "naked trade protectionism" and that efforts to constrain new energy exports from the World's No.2
May 31, 2024The European Commission's expected move to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles is set to kick off a round of talks that Chinese
June 12, 2024U.S farmers have asked policymakers not to involve food in a trade war with China, the American Soybean Association told Reuters on Friday, amid growing
June 25, 2024China will take all necessary measures to "firmly safeguard" its lawful rights and interests after a newspaper reported that the European Commission would impose tariffs of up to
June 27, 2024The European Commission's decision to slap tariffs on imported Chinese EVs could have far-reaching effects for European automakers, as a possible trade war would hurt
June 28, 2024The European Union's plan to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) reflects a firming of its stance towards Beijing, but falls short of a tougher
June 28, 2024Chinese automakers have urged Beijing to hike tariffs on imported European gasoline-powered cars in retaliation for Brussels' curbs on exports of Chinese-made EVs,
July 02, 2024Beijing warned on Friday that escalating frictions with the European Union over electric vehicle imports could trigger a trade war, as Germany's
June 21, 2024The only "winner" from a possible all-out trade war between the West and China will probably be the U.S. dollar.
June 28, 2024China's President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa, Chinese state media said, a few hours before European
July 04, 2024China announced the next step in its anti-dumping investigation into European brandy imports on Friday, ramping up tension on the day the European Commission's
July 05, 2024China's anti-dumping probe into Europe's cognac industry is a tit-for-tat reaction to European Union tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, the finance chief at
July 06, 2024More Japanese companies believe a Kamala Harris presidency in the U.S. would be better for their businesses than a second Donald Trump administration, a Reuters
August 14, 2024European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China
August 21, 2024The United States should immediately lift all tariffs on Chinese goods, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, ahead of an announcement by the Biden administration on
September 05, 2024The Trump policy that scares economists the most
September 05, 2024Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to play a "constructive role" in improving strained ties between Bejing and
September 09, 2024Beijing firmly opposes U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese imports, China's commerce ministry said in a statement on Saturday, urging the U.S. to immediately correct its "wrongdoings" and
September 14, 2024China has launched an anti-discriminatory investigation against restrictive measures taken by Canada including additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum
September 26, 2024European
October 09, 2024Volkswagen Group on Friday reported a 7% decline in third-quarter global deliveries, showing how Europe's car industry is facing tough challenges, including weak demand from China and high
October 11, 2024Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to "go into Taiwan," the Wall Street Journal
October 18, 2024Germany would be the big loser if a Trump presidency sparked a tit-for-tat trade war between the United States and Europe, with Germany's previously much-
October 24, 2024The European Union formally approved imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) on Tuesday after an investigation that has divided the bloc and
October 29, 2024China's push to shift its food import sources since 2018 has put it in a better position to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S. farm goods
November 01, 2024Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency next week would muddle the outlook for Chinese technology firms far more than a win for Kamala
November 01, 2024You will pay for Donald Trump’s tariffs. Here’s proof
November 04, 2024Fears of a widening tariff war between China and other major exporting nations are keeping diplomacy between the world's second-largest economy and the
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