US equities traded higher on midday Thursday as investors parsed through a slew of tariff headlines and looked ahead to corporate results that are due to start next week. The S&P 500 Index added 0.2% by noon in New York, with nine of the eleven sectors rising, led by health care and consumer discretionary. Gains…
Brazil spent months flying under the radar as Donald Trump upended global trade. Now that it’s in the spotlight, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may stand to benefit from the attention. Hours after the US president threatened to hit Brazil with 50% tariffs, the leader known universally as Lula announced that, rather than rush…
China hit back at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after she accused the nation of distorting trade and limiting access for Europe’s firms — a back-and-forth clouding the outlook for an upcoming summit. “We hope the EU can realize that what needs to be rebalanced is the EU’s mindset, not China-EU economic ties,”…
Asian shares swung between small gains and losses as President Donald Trump left the door open for additional trade negotiations after imposing new tariff rates on several countries. The MSCI regional stock benchmark traded in a tight range amid gains in South Korea and Japan, countries that attracted a new level of levies. Toyota Motor…
President Donald Trump’s administration is reaching out to business executives to weigh interest in accompanying him on a possible trip to China this year, according to people familiar with the matter, highlighting the potential for strengthening ties between the economies even as the US signals its desire to decouple from Beijing. The Commerce Department is…
Good morning. Stock futures waver as Donald Trump hints at diplomacy with Iran. SoftBank’s founder eyes a $1 trillion AI hub in Arizona—and wants TSMC to chip in. And Lima now boasts the world’s top restaurant. Listen to the day’s top stories. Investors settled into wait-and-see mode on signs Donald Trump may give diplomacy a…