80% tariff on China ‘seems right,’ says Trump ahead of key trade talks
Trump also urged China to open its market to US goods, writing: “WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR THEM!!! CLOSED MARKETS DON’T WORK ANYMORE!!!”
Trump also urged China to open its market to US goods, writing: “WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR THEM!!! CLOSED MARKETS DON’T WORK ANYMORE!!!”
U.S. stock indexes are poised for a positive start, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rising 2%, S&P 500 futures gaining 1.5%, and Nasdaq futures 1.3% higher
Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has invited the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, for a meeting on Monday, April 7, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 10% tariff on Ghanaian exports
Global stock markets fell on Thursday as investors reacted to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping announcements on tariffs.
President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation
“It’ll go substantially higher over a course of a year,” he said. But he added that he wanted to give time for potentially affected companies to bring their factories to America to avoid tariffs.
China condemned tariffs launched or threatened by US President Donald Trump at a World Trade Organisation meeting on Tuesday, saying such “tariff shocks” could upend the global trading system in a warning dismissed as hypocritical by Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his tariff threats Thursday night, pledging to raise tariffs on European Union nations unless they increase their purchases of American oil and gas to narrow the trade gap with the United States.