3 d. ago The cost of gaming is soaring – but for many fans, a game is ‘worth’ more than its price tag

As tariffs raise the price of consoles, is it time for gamers to reevaluate our relationship with new releases?Now is not a good time to buy a new games console.The shock waves from Donald Trump’s will-he-won’t-he approach to trade tariffs were always going to hit video games, an industry that relies on incredibly complex global supply chains. On Monday, Nikkei Asia reported on analysis from a major electronics supplier suggesting that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be subject to Trump’s 145% tariff on goods imported to the US from China, despite his apparent decision to exempt smartphones and computers. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump’s tariff chaos has left America’s maple syrup makers in a sticky mess

Much of the equipment comes from Canada, the world's maple syrup powerhouse

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3 d. ago China says economy beat expectations to grow 5.4% ahead of Trump tariff war

Beijing expects Trump tariffs to put ‘certain pressures’ on its trade and economy

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4 d. ago Vermont maple syrup makers face uncertainty amid Canada and China tariff chaos

Making maple syrup in New England’s fickle spring weather can be an unpredictable business

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4 d. ago Trump says Xi in Vietnam to ‘screw’ US as China calls for unity against tariff ‘bullying’

Chinese president urges Vietnam to resist ‘unilateral bullying’

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5 d. ago Trump launches a queasy market on a wild tariff rollercoaster ride

Analysis: Trump’s constant tariff changes are keeping the world and economy off balance, warns Eric Garcia

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5 d. ago Trump launches queasy market on a wild tariff rollercoaster ride

Analysis: Trump’s constant tariff changes are keeping the world and economy off balance, warns Eric Garcia

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5 d. ago ‘The sky won’t fall’: China plays down Trump tariff risks as stock markets rally

Chinese customs official says trade has diversified away from US in recent years and plays up its ‘vast domestic market’Business live – latest updatesChina has played down the risk of damage to its exports from Donald Trump’s tariffs, with an official saying the “the sky won’t fall”, as stock markets rose on Monday amid signs of a retreat on electronics restrictions.The world’s second-largest economy has diversified its trade away from the US in recent years, according to Lyu Daliang, a customs administration spokesperson, in comments reported by state-owned agency Xinhua. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – business live

Chinese exports jump as official says ‘the sky won’t fall,’ despite warning from US officials that smartphone and laptop exemption from import tariffs on China will be short-livedMatt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said:Just when it seemed the tariff chaos couldn’t get any worse, tech investors have spent the weekend scrambling to make sense of a whirlwind of confusing - and at times contradictory - messages coming out of the White House. Despite the drama, European markets have taken an easing stance on US tech components as a positive in a broad-based rally this morning, with the FTSE 100 up 1.5% in early trading.This time, it’s chips, smartphones, and other tech components taking centre stage. While there were early signs on Friday night that some broad exemptions might be in play, it turns out tariffs are still very much on the table. But here’s the twist: despite the messy rollout, what’s caught investors’ attention is the news that these products won’t...

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6 d. ago Donald Trump issues dramatic new statement on tariffs after raising hopes on Friday

The President had appeared to spare electronic goods from China from his 125% import tax and 10% global tariff on Friday, but it seems that will not be the case after all

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6 d. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: The REAL reason President Trump can't hope to match China's leader in the tariff wars and why he's far from being a master strategist

Who said of China's president Xi Jinping, 'He's a brilliant guy. He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist'? That was Donald Trump during the 2024 US election.

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6 d. ago Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion

Trump ended the ‘de-minimis’ rule while launching a trade war with China – which will make retail giants such as Temu more expensive, experts sayAfter a chaotic week of flip-flopping tariff policies, cheap clothes from China are nearly certain to face a steep price hike soon – prompting concern among fast fashion retailers and potentially pushing consumers to look for other alternatives.As part of a package of global tariff policies announced on “liberation day” last week, Donald Trump signed an executive order that ended a duty-free exemption for low-priced goods to enter the US from China and Hong Kong. Known as the “de-minimis” rule, packages under $800 do not qualify for any taxes or tariffs on the goods and are inspected minimally at the border. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago As tariffs put trade between China and the US in peril, Chinese businesses ponder the future

The 145% tariff from the U.S. and the retaliatory 125% tariff from China are putting businesses doing trade between the U.S. and China on edge

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7 d. ago Why the 'very tricky' bond market that tripped up Trump could be your port in this tariffs storm... and deliver 7% returns on YOUR savings

What worrying times we are living in, geopolitically and financially. The see-sawing in equity and bond markets we have seen in recent days has yet to abate - despite Trump's partial tariff climbdown.

Economics

8 d. ago The Latest: Global tariff battle escalates as China retaliates with 125% tariffs on US goods

China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%

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9 d. ago Donald Trump has done more to help China 'than any other living human being', Professor Steve Tsang tells the Mail's 'Apocalypse Now?' podcast after tariff pullback

Trump's trade war with China escalated on Wednesday, with America's effective tariff rate against the nation now standing at a record 125%.

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9 d. ago China to restrict US film releases after Trump’s tariff hike

After the US president imposed 125% duties on Chinese imports, Beijing says it will restrict American films opening in its lucrative market Hours after Donald Trump imposed record 125% tariffs on Chinese products entering the US, China has announced it will further curb the number of US films allowed to screen in the country.“The wrong action of the US government to abuse tariffs on China will inevitably further reduce the domestic audience’s favourability towards American films,” the China Film Administration said in a statement on Thursday. “We will follow the market rules, respect the audience’s choice, and moderately reduce the number of American films imported.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Will Trump’s tariff chaos be China’s gain in global trade wars?

As China retaliates against tariffs, it is also making strategic manoeuvres on EU and Asia to maximise opportunitiesBusiness live – latest updatesOn the basis of Napoleon’s dictum “never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake”, there was a large incentive for China to do precisely nothing as Donald Trump displayed his determination to lose friends and induce market panic. Indeed, the Chinese advocates of passivity cited a social media meme attributed to President Xi Jinping: “Do nothing. Win.”Initially it was tempting for China to sit back and watch the US’s former allies recoil at Trump’s disruptive war on globalisation and let them realise that, by comparison, China represented an oasis of stability, modernity and predictability. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘This was the plan’: Fox News hosts unashamedly celebrate Trump backing down on tariffs

Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram, Jesse Watters and Jean Pirro are among hosts who say the president’s 90 freeze was President Donald Trump’s ‘plan all along’

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9 d. ago Furious Beijing accuses Trump of 'going against the whole world' after he refused to reverse punishing 125% tariffs as China renews vow to 'fight to the end' in trade war

Trump's multi-front trade war narrowed focus on its eastern theatre as duties were temporarily lifted from dozens of global trading partners - while China faced more tariffs

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