US stock futures traded flat as investors prepared for earnings season to pick up steam, with Big Tech earnings ahead. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) ticked up 0.1%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) held steady. On Monday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq…
U.S. trading partners are weighing up their responses after President Donald Trump’s latest action on tariffs sparked a stock market selloff Monday. The White House sent letters yesterday to about a dozen countries laying out the rates at which imports would be taxed—ranging from 25% to 40%—if no other trade agreements are reached. The letters…
The remarks show how the mood has changed across the bloc on the potential pact it hopes to agree with the Donald Trump administration. Brussels at first trashed the agreement that London struck with Washington, but now the EU is coming to terms with the prospect that keeping a 10 percent baseline tariff is the…
And as U.S. stock markets plunged following his announcement of sweeping tariffs on 180 countries this week, Trump beamed that all would soon rebound and boom. America’s heading to glory days. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, complained critics were taking far too short-term a view: “We’re going to have a booming stock market for a…
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that reciprocal tariffs will take effect on April 2. The new tariffs are set to target imports from countries that have levied high duties on US goods, aiming to level the playing field and protect American industries. In mid-February, Trump unveiled the new reciprocal trade policy aimed at restoring…
Storm ahead There is still time for Starmer to become either of them. He left the White House under dark clouds — literally — and unanswered questions. Aides later clarified that despite Trump speaking of a trade deal, they were not prioritizing a full-fat free-trade agreement, long coveted in London after Brexit. Starmer, on the…