Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded to Donald Trump after he suggested Tuesday that he could pull 2026 World Cup games from Gillette Stadium over “unsafe conditions” in Massachusetts, citing recent street takeovers.Wu appeared on a podcast on Wednesday and said it would be unlikely that the games could change venues so late in the process….
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Amid escalating tensions over trade disputes, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared that President Donald Trump will still be meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the end of month. Last Thursday, China announced greater restrictions on the export of its rare earth materials, leading Trump to announce he intended to slap a…
New tariffs on imported wood and certain wood products took effect on Tuesday. Softwood timber and lumber are now subject to 10% tariffs under a proclamation signed by President Donald Trump last month. Trump also imposed 25% import taxes on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and bathroom vanities. Those rates are slated to increase again on…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — From U.S. fighter jets to submarines to cell phones to electric cars, the uses for rare earth minerals are widespread, which means the demand for them is as well. China’s announcement last week that it would impose severe restrictions on its rare earth minerals beginning Dec. 1 came as a shock, including…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Pakistan laid it on thick. Donald Trump lapped it up. The US-Pak lovefest took Sharm-el-Sheikh by storm on Sunday, eclipsing a middle-east peace celebration hosted by Egypt, after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he would renew his country’s nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize that the US President…
You would be forgiven for thinking lately that AI is the only thing markets care about. Exuberance around AI technology has fueled a face-melting rally in stocks this year, but President Donald Trump reminded investors of two things on Friday: the trade war is still a risk, and—more importantly—Trump is still king when it comes…
US President Donald Trump yet again heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this time during his address at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt. With Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Trump expressed faith that India and Pakistan can “live very nicely together”. US President Donald Trump speaks as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz…
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…
At a high-profile conference of world leaders in Egypt about ending the war in the Gaza Strip, President Trump and the leaders of three other nations made a big production out of what he called “a very important signing,” characterizing it as a major breakthrough in the decades-long search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians….
Beijing stole a page from Washington’s playbook last month by effectively instituting its own chip ban, with Chinese companies now discouraged from purchasing Nvidia’s AI chips. The bold, calculated move has surely rattled Trump administration officials, with their assumptions about China needing American technology. Indeed, the move suggests US President Donald Trump has little leverage….