Tag: Tariffs and trade
The dollar is in decline because of a global ‘loss of faith in US leadership,’ Macquarie says
The U.S. dollar rose marginally on the DXY foreign currency index over the last 24 hours but no one really believes it will work...
TSMC secrets leak puts Japan’s Tokyo Electron on hot seat
A Taiwanese investigation into the possible theft of chip technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is putting a low-profile, lesser-known tech linchpin in Japan...
The U.S. economy may be ‘bad to ugly’ right now but investors are loving every minute of it
U.S. economic data is “uniformly bad to ugly” right now and the country stands “at the precipice of recession,” according to Moody’s Mark Zandi...
Trump announces tariffs ‘of approximately 100%’ on chips and semiconductors
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, raising the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances...
TSMC gets a reprieve from Trump’s 100% chip tariffs thanks to its U.S. factories, Taiwan says
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC “is exempt” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff on semiconductor chips, Taipei said Thursday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the...
Trump hikes tariffs on India to 50%, scrambling the country’s plans to be an alternative to China
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the...
Starbucks’ stock is being pummelled by Trump’s coffee tariffs while the rest of the market soars
S&P 500 futures are ticking upward this morning but Starbucks’ stock is underperforming the market due in part to an incoming 50% U.S. tariff...
Trump’s threatened 40% tariff on ‘transshipped’ goods tries to target China and its manufacturing strength
As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, President Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used—by Chinese...
Trump says Japan to import Ford’s huge F-150 pickup trucks
Donald Trump said Japan would accept imports of Ford’s huge F-150 pickup trucks, in the latest sign that the two countries are at odds...
UBS sounds the alarm on ‘stall speed’ as the economy shows signs of running out of gas
The U.S. economy is experiencing a noticeable slowdown in mid-2025, with sluggish domestic demand growth, muted job gains, and new tariff actions poised to...