4 h. ago This Is How Asia Pacific Is Responding to US Reciprocal Tariffs

President Donald Trump’s 10% baseline tariffs on US trading partners around the world came into effect on Saturday. While the baseline charge has kicked in, higher duties on some countries — which replace, rather than add to the 10% rate — are due to start on April 9.

Economics

4 h. ago Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dives nearly 8% after big meltdown on Wall Street

BANGKOK — Asian shares nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes and the backlash from Beijing. U.S. futures also signalled further weakness. The future for the S&P 500 lost 4.2% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 3.5%. The future for the Nasdaq […]

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5 h. ago European Stock Futures Drop After Worst Week Since March 2020

European stock futures slid, extending losses following the regional market’s worst week since March 2020 on the back of Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.

Economics

7 h. ago US Stock Futures Tumble With Trump Team Digging In on Tariffs

US equity futures plunged, putting the S&P 500 on track for a bear market as the Trump administration dug in on a trade war economists warn will tip the world’s largest economy into recession.

Economics

8 h. ago Carney, Starmer discuss deeper trade ties in response to Trump’s tariff war

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke Sunday with his counterpart in the United Kingdom about the fallout from the United States’ global tariff campaign. A readout from Carney’s office says he talked with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer about the United States’ “unjustified trade actions” and the need to strengthen trade ties […]

Economics

9 h. ago More than 50 nations want to open tariff talks with Trump and the U.S., advisers say

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. must see 'what the countries offer and whether it's believable'

Economics

12 h. ago Trump’s tariffs will increase price of American clothing, footwear: trade group

About 97 per cent of the clothes and shoes purchased in the U.S. are imported, predominantly from Asia, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association

Economics

14 h. ago Trump’s tariffs present unpredictable threat to autoworkers in Oshawa, Ont.

'We're really in a fight with one man and his small group and his administration,' says union president

Society

20 h. ago ‘In a fight with one man’: Trump’s tariffs have autoworkers in Oshawa, Ont., on edge

For more than a century, Oshawa, Ont., has been the city of autoworkers. The decades-old Canadian Automotive Museum in the downtown core, murals depicting locally made vehicles and the city’s beloved Oshawa Generals hockey team, named after one of the auto giants, are all symbols of that glorious — and often treacherous — history. The […]

Society

20 h. ago Letters: Eastern Canada, our nation’s future lies in your hands

Readers weigh in on the Trump tariffs, the federal election, and how the Prairies will react if the Liberals win

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23 h. ago UK Companies Could Gain Competitive Advantage From Trump Tariffs

Donald Trump’s preferential treatment of British exports gives the country’s firms a competitive advantage that could protect the economy from the worst of Washington’s trade war, according to economists.

Economics

25 h. ago Tariffs will make sneakers, jeans and almost everything Americans wear cost more, trade groups warn

NEW YORK (AP) — Sending children back to school in new sneakers, jeans and T-shirts is likely to cost U.S. families significantly more this fall if the bespoke tariffs President Donald Trump put on leading exporters take effect as planned, American industry groups warn. About 97% of the clothes and shoes purchased in the U.S. […]

Economics

33 h. ago Hundreds march around U.S. Embassy in Ottawa to protest tariffs, Trump

The "Hands Off!" rally was part of the Global Day of Action against the Trump administration. 

Economics

33 h. ago US Inflation Is Set to Give Hints of Trump Tariff Pain to Come

US households probably experienced slightly less overall inflation last month, a reprieve that economists view as temporary in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff tsunami.

Economics

39 h. ago Trump Promised a Manufacturing Boom. Industries Are Not So Sure

President Donald Trump has vowed his historic tariff blitz would revive domestic manufacturing, but industry worries about his approach are raising fresh doubts about whether he can deliver on his promise of an economic boom.

Economics

42 h. ago First Nations are ready to stand with Canada against Trump’s tariff threat

These are unprecedented times, calling for strong, united and determined action by all Canadians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike. While Indigenous people have had more than their share of problems with the government and people of Canada, we have always been willing to stand with the country through trials. The recent tariffs announced by the United […]

Economics

43 h. ago Canada wanted to ‘cooperate’ on illegal immigration. Trump chose tariffs

Newly released documents show Canada favoured 'cooperation' with the second Trump administration on 'common challenges' related to illegal immigration, before the U.S. tariffs.

Economics

43 h. ago The Latest: Trump’s tariffs unleash trade war and calls for negotiations

U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting. The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8%. China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week, part […]

Economics

44 h. ago Lessons to lessen tariff impacts: FP Video on Trump’s trade war

Watch: how to avoid the worst outcomes on Canada, exporters and the markets in Trump's tariff war

Economics

44 h. ago Charting the Global Economy: US Tariffs Wallop Markets, Outlook

President Donald’s Trump’s mid-week move to impose broad US tariffs — punishing for many countries — kicked off massive shock waves that reverberated through corporate boardrooms, financial markets and world governments.

Economics