Trump, tariffs and trade
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U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose a new 50% tariff on all Brazilian products from Aug. 1 could devastate the South American nation's citrus belt, as factories scale back production and orange farmers consider leaving fruit to rot amid a sharp drop in prices.
Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”
US President Donald Trump suggested that he would not go below 15% as he sets so-called reciprocal tariff rates ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline, an indication that the floor for the increased levies was rising.
The price hike is hitting U.S. manufacturers and contractors that rely on steel components.
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A three-day meeting in response to President Trump’s looming tariff threat underscored differences between the leaders of Canada’s provinces and territories.
Vietnam estimates its exports to the US could decline by as much as a third if higher tariffs announced by President Donald Trump take effect, an internal government assessment shows.
The European Central Bank is leaving interest rates unchanged as it waits to see how big a blow U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs will inflict on the economy before deciding whether to cut rates a
Australia will lift restrictions on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.
Record-high copper prices have some observers blaming the introduction of tariffs for the recent spike in prices.
President Donald Trump’s vows to roll out punishing new tariffs on Aug. 1 have barely made a ripple with investors who are convinced he’ll once again back down. But at the White House, officials insist they’re serious this time.