In an aerial view, a container ship arrives at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025 in Oakland, California. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese imports in response to China’s announcement of new export controls on rare earths. China controls an estimated 70% of the…
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Aside from the steep monetary value, these shakedowns have also made media companies more adverse to reporting criticism of the president and his administration’s actions. Next came universities: Long the foundation of America’s scientific and technological supremacy, Trump cut off federal research funding for major universities in order to force them to…
China’s pledge to choke off shipments of rare earth elements could wreak havoc on tech giants like Apple and Tesla as well as big US military contractors – and experts called it a major bargaining chip as Beijing haggles with President Trump over tariffs. US companies and investors alike are scrambling to assess the impact…
Canada is encouraging strengthening ties with India and China, as it continues trade talks with the US administration, that has escalated the tariff war with Beijing. Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand is meeting with her counterparts from China and India to boost trade and investment and also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in…
A new battery of Chinese trade “countermeasures” launched against the United States could be a “very positive” step towards stabilising bilateral relations, compelling the Trump administration to take a more grounded approach towards Beijing, a prominent academic has suggested. The assessment came as the White House dialled down its rhetoric on fresh trade tensions between…
The U.S. and China have raised new tariffs and export controls on each other, but they may just be a negotiating tactic. President Donald Trump reacted with rare reassurance Sunday night after renewed trade tensions last week threatened to unravel progress towards a U.S.-China trade deal. China last week unveiled wide-ranging global export controls on…
Stocks were brutalized Friday in a way we haven’t seen in ages. Everything except some downtrodden consumer packaged goods stocks, led by the resurgent PepsiCo , was slaughtered. The headwinds were enormous and came from disparate places. Bond yields came down huge, something that equity markets normally greet with tremendous relief and price-to-earning multiple expansion….
China has said it will pursue closer ties with North Korea, following a reignition of trade tensions with the U.S. On Saturday, the Chinese government announced that it is willing to work with North Korea to “explore the potential for practical cooperation and add more impetus to the development and construction of the two countries,”…
Toronto: Canada wants to “deepen economic cooperation” with India, the country’s foreign ministry said even as it’s Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu spoke with Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday. Shipping containers are stacked on a cargo ship at the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (AFP) In a readout…
Markets are bracing for more drama when trading resumes Monday, after President Trump slapped 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and called out “sinister and hostile” moves by China to try to corner the market on rare earth minerals. Trump tore into China’s new export controls Friday, announcing new tariffs “over and above” existing U.S. levies…