Markets worldwide take another dive as Trump threatens higher tariffs on China

Markets worldwide take another dive as Trump threatens higher tariffs on China

By: Ashley Murray, D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON — Global markets plummeted Monday for the third consecutive trading day since President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs — and the administration gave mixed signals on meeting other nations at the negotiating table. U.S. stocks reacted positively to a short-lived, incorrect report amplified on social media that Trump may pause the tariffs for 90 days, but the market plunged quickly when the […]

April 8, 2025 3

D.C. Bureau

Trump, again, walks back tariffs in trade war with Canada and Mexico

By: Ariana Figueroa, D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order to delay for a month broad tariffs he levied on Canada and Mexico earlier in the week. The tariffs sent Wall Street stocks tumbling and heightened fears of an economic fallout. During the signing at the White House, Trump said most of the 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada he placed beginning Tuesday would be […]

March 7, 2025 11

D.C. Bureau

Trump, Zelenskyy clash in Oval Office blowup over peace negotiations

By Jennifer Shutt Shauneen Miranda, D.C. Bureau (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump appeared to even more decisively break with Ukraine and its resistance to the Russian invasion on Friday, when he got into a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House. Trump posted on social media afterward the discussion between the two leaders was a “very meaningful meeting” and that he learned much “that could […]

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