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The government of Ontario, Canada, will air during the first two games of the World Series a TV ad that has infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump, the province’s Premier Doug Ford said Friday. The ad uses edited clips of Republican former President Ronald Reagan in order to criticize Trump’s trade policy. The ad so angered…
Donald Trump’s initial public reaction to Ontario’s anti-tariffs TV ad gave absolutely no indication that it had triggered him so much that he would later kick the legs out from under the negotiating table. The U.S. president first saw the ad on Monday night, three whole days before he abruptly announced in a social media…
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As Donald Trump explained it, he was primarily worried about the accurate and honourable reporting of Ronald Reagan’s views on trade policy — and concerned that a misrepresentation of the former U.S. president’s views might somehow influence the justices of the United States Supreme Court. And his belief in this regard is so strong that he…
New York — Better-than-expected inflation data Friday morning sparked an end-of-week rally in stocks, sending the Dow, S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite soaring to fresh record highs. The Dow gained 473 points, or 1.01%, and closed at 47,207.12. The blue-chip index closed above 47,000 for the first time ever. The broader S&P 500 climbed…
Here’s a rundown of what got more expensive in September’s Consumer Price Index report — as well as a couple of key areas where consumers are seeing relief. But first, a caveat: Monthly data can be quite volatile — and that could be even more volatile amid federal cuts and BLS staffing limitations that have…
President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address to the nation on fair trade. Trump said the ad, which aired in the US, was “fake,” though it was in fact edited using…
My fellow Americans: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan will be visiting me here at the White House next week. It’s an important visit, because, while I expect to take up our relations with our good friend Japan, which overall remain excellent, recent disagreements between our two countries on the issue of trade will also be…
The Gipper loved him some free trade. Photo: The Independent One of Donald Trump’s most interesting political achievements has been to force a Republican Party that had embraced free-trade orthodoxy for many decades into supporting, or at least tolerating, his own vintage 19th-century protectionist views. Like his harsh criticism of the Iraq War launched by…
Earnings season next week goes into overdrive as more than 150 companies in the S & P 500 report their quarterly results. Most of the “Magnificent Seven” tech firms are among them. With Tesla already out and Nvidia not out until Nov. 19, that leaves Alphabet and Club names Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms…