Trump Trade War

A pharmacy technician grabs prescription medicine off a shelf at a pharmacy in Midvale, Utah. Photo: George Frey/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Global Economy

Trump initiates chips and drug probes ahead of more tariffs

The moves, announced Monday in the Federal Register, are a precursor to imposing tariffs and threaten to broaden the president’s sweeping US trade war

A cargo vessel approaches the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Trump's tangled tariffs sow confusion as negotiators line up

Containers on a cargo ship are seen at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
World+Biz

Japan says no plan for big concessions in talks on US tariffs

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with foreign business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
China

China's Xi urges greater cooperation with Vietnam as trade tensions with US flare

Apple iPhone 16 on display at an Apple store in New York. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images
USA

Trump says chips from China will face national security probe; further tariffs expected

Chinese and US flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
World+Biz

China says US tariff break a 'small step' to fixing mistake

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, 29 June, 2019. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

How China went from courting Trump to 'never yield' tariff defiance

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. Photo: Carlos Barria | Reuters
USA

The political game behind Trumps tariffs

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart as US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Global Economy

G7 central banks prepare first responses to US tariff chaos

There is a chance that buyers will consider this increased tariff while negotiating prices with the Bangladeshi apparel manufacturers. Photo: TBS
Global Economy

Panic grips world’s factory hubs after Trump tariff whiplash

A women uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, US, April 14, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Global Economy

Apple was on brink of crisis before tariff concession from Trump

Yen and US dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Asia

Japan ruling party chief calls for stronger yen

Apple iPhone 16 on display at an Apple store in New York. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images
World+Biz

Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from 'reciprocal' tariffs