When Donald Trump ran for president back in 2016, one of the chief targets of his ire was China and what he considered its unfair trade practices—practices he said were coming at the expense of the American economy. After defeating Hillary Clinton, Trump’s adjutants set about putting his plan for tariffs into place, and executed…
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election and said he’s ready to hold discussions with the new American leader. “It seems to me, it deserves attention what was said about the desire to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said late Thursday…
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his recent victory in the US presidential election. “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the US,” Putin said on Thursday at the annual Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea city of Sochi. “I have already said…
The stock-market euphoria that followed Donald Trump’s presidential victory saw traders snap up risk-asset ETFs as they largely shrugged off the prospect of higher interest rates that threaten to dent some of those strategies. In total, roughly $18 billion of fresh money was added to exchange-traded funds focusing on US equities Wednesday. That’s almost 16…
Welcome to our guide to the commodities powering the global economy. Today, reporter Dan Murtaugh looks at what Donald Trump’s victory could do for China’s energy outlook. To get this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Donald Trump’s victory in this week’s US election comes with plenty of risks for China. But it also…
Donald Trump said repeatedly during his campaign to return to the US presidency that he could quickly negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. There’s now concern in Ukraine and among its allies that once Trump is inaugurated in January, the US will back away from supporting the effort to fend off Russian invasion….
A seismic selloff in Treasuries paused Thursday as investors’ attention turned from Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election to interest-rate decisions from major central banks including the Federal Reserve. The yield on 30-year US bonds was little changed at 4.61% after a 17-basis-point surge Wednesday — the biggest since March 2020. UK debt…
The fortunes of the ten richest people in the world surged by a daily record as Donald Trump won a second term as president. The net worth of billionaires led by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, surged by $63.5 billion on Wednesday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Musk alone added $26.5…
An expanded US-China trade war during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term could slash the Asian nation’s economic growth by two percentage points and prompt Beijing to stimulate domestic demand, according to Macquarie Group Ltd. Trump’s campaign vow to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to 60% could cause the nation’s exports to decline by about 8%…
Stocks hit all-time highs following early-morning news that former President Donald Trump is once again President-elect Donald Trump. US yields jumped and the dollar saw its best day since 2022 as investors cheered the Republican’s return to the presidency and the potential for what increasingly looks like his party’s control of both houses of Congress….