Main Points EU trade ministers are meeting to devise its response to the 20% US tariffs on goods from the bloc European stock markets plunged in early trading, following stock market falls across Asia overnight Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump today, which will give world leaders a sense of how willing the … Read more
United States President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on nearly all countries have sent many world leaders scrambling to forge a deal to bring down duties. Asian markets felt the sting of the American president’s sky-high import taxes on Monday (April 7) after Trump indicated he would not back down. Asian stocks plunged as the US … Read more
Global markets plunged on Monday morning after US president Donald Trump showed no signs of pulling back from his tarrif agenda and suggested investors would have to take their “medicine”. Speaking to reporters after returning from a weekend of golf in Florida on Sunday, Mr Trump said he did not necessarily want markets to go … Read more
Finance Minister rules out wage subsidy scheme in response to US tariffs (for now) The Journal Cliff Taylor: The US has changed and there is no going back – Ireland needs to rethink its business model to keep up The Irish Times Uncertainty the word as companies watch US tariff plans RTE.ie Irish MEP calls for ‘measured’ EU … Read more
To those of us crammed in the Red Line carriage at Metro Centre, the passing figure was like an apparition. She walked, head bowed and face obscured, in the ankle-length loose red dress and white bonnet made famous by the television series of Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. A thicket of people carrying signs … Read more
US customs agents began collecting president Donald Trump’s unilateral 10 per cent tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week. The initial 10 per cent “baseline” tariff took effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12.01am ET … Read more
The impact of US president Donald Trump’s swingeing global tariffs are going to be “horrible for the world”, actor and comedian Rosie O’Donnell said in Dublin on Saturday. Ms O’Donnell moved to Ireland three months ago, citing safety issues in the United States for herself and her 12-year-old son Clay, who has autism, following Mr … Read more
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto walks after speaking to media to attend the swearing-in ceremony of ministers and a deputy minister at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Aug19, 2024. (PHOTO / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs has announced that Indonesia was working closely with Malaysia to respond … Read more
WASHINGTON, April 5 — Donald Trump’s tariffs have become a black and white issue on social media, where penguin memes have gone viral after he targeted an island inhabited by the flightless birds, but no people. One widely shared image on Thursday showed a penguin in place of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval … Read more
China has announced it will impose additional tariffs of 34 per cent on US imports in retaliation for duties unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week, moving the world closer to a full-blown trade war. The Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that the tariff, which matches Trump’s latest increase in duties on Beijing, … Read more