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Vietnam: Expressed willingness to reduce tariffs to zero if an agreement is reached. Italy: Pledged to support its businesses while engaging in negotiations. Israel: Facing a 17% tariff, has initiated discussions with the U.S. Japan: Criticized the tariffs but is …
🚨 BREAKING: Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says over 50 COUNTRIES have begun negotiating tariffs. “More than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiations.” "They understand that they bear a lot of the tariff." pic.twitter.com/2k2RI1sXRA …
BREAKING: India backs down from retaliatory tariffs on US goods, conceding to Trump. Officials now push for direct talks with the President for a new trade deal. pic.twitter.com/DJy1mSYIsz — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) April 6, 2025 India is choosing negotiation over …
by Martin Armstrong For all the criticism of Trump and the risk of a global trade war, as Macron wants to unleash a trade war to elevate France to the top of the EU, if we just look at the …
Taiwan is taking a step to stabilize its financial markets in the wake of U.S. tariff policies that have rattled the global economy. Rather than waiting for the dust to settle, Taiwan has decided to preemptively act, limiting short-selling activity …
https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1908567682682675322 Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, believed that the Great Depression wasn’t caused by tariffs, stock market crashes, or any external force. It was caused by the Federal Reserve’s disastrous failure to manage …
Lutnick: April 9th tariffs will not be postponed under any conditions #MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 6, 2025 LUTNICK: TARIFFS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS -CBS NEWS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 6, 2025 BREAKING: Bloomberg …
Bessent: Tariffs do not risk recession, not concerned #MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 6, 2025 Lately, critics have been warning that Trump’s tariff moves might tank the economy. But not everyone’s buying the fear. Robert Bessent, a top Trump economic …
Bill Ackman sees the freight train coming, and he’s stuck on the tracks. The billionaire hedge fund manager, usually composed in the face of volatility, is openly spooked this weekend. You don’t see that often. But what’s unfolding isn’t just …
President Trump just declared “Liberation Day” and launched sweeping new tariffs. Investors panicked worldwide as corporations published dire predictions of the bumpy road ahead. Today we take a deep dive into the pros and cons of Trump’s “Liberation Day” strategy …
via notayesmanseconomics It has been rather an eventful week in terms of financial markets and economics as investors try to come to terms with a different looking situation. But a side-effect has been rather a quantum shift in bond markets …
The U.S. economy is a house of cards. It’s built on outsourcing labor overseas, enriching corporations that funnel those profits into stock buybacks and executive bonuses. This cycle artificially inflates corporate earnings and creates the illusion of growth, but it’s …
Countries like Singapore, while lauded for free trade agreements, are masters of the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) that level the playing field in their favor. These barriers can be far more insidious than any duty, quietly inflating costs and creating market …
Wall Street wants sympathy because the music stopped. For years, they danced on a floor built from zero rates, fake growth, and free money. Now the lights are on, the floor’s buckling, and they’re blaming tariffs for the collapse. Tariffs …
STEVE BANNON EN FUEGO — THIS IS A WAR, AND IF YOU DON'T TREAT IT LIKE WAR, YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR ASS KICKED.pic.twitter.com/RXb6uuqs6V — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 5, 2025 Victor Davis Hanson explains Trump’s tariffs like no one …
The illusion held longer than it should have. For over a decade, Wall Street danced on the scaffolding of cheap money, blind optimism, and the promise that the Fed could paper over any disaster. That scaffolding just gave out. Markets …
Germany is considering removing an enormous stockpile of gold from a vault in New York over worries about Donald Trump’s unpredictable policies. For decades, Berlin has stashed 1,200 tons of its famous gold reserves, the second largest on the planet …
Gavin’s entire life has been glitchy and a complete failure to launch. He is a charlatan. A fraud. A fake. Gavin Newscum @GavinNewsom's entire governorship is a parody. We wish it was AI. He is a sociopath and has no …
🚨 JUST IN – CANADA PM MARK CARNEY: As a result of Trump's tariffs, an auto plant in Windsor, Ontario is closing for at least 2 weeks.pic.twitter.com/GON7n9TbWM — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 3, 2025 Fear and anxiety are running high …
1) 1996 Nancy Pelosi encourages all of Congress to back reciprocal tariffs 2) 2008 Bernie Sanders wants tariffs, says jobs are going overseas 3) 2018 Barack Obama calls for reciprocal tariffs 4) 1988 Donald Trump says foreign countries must pay …
GENEVA (Reuters) – China said it had opened a formal complaint against the new U.S. tariffs with the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying the measures violate WTO rules and requesting consultations. Earlier, China announced retaliatory additional tariffs of 34% …
🇺🇸 FED CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL JUST SAID – ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TARIFFS LIKELY LARGER THAN EXPECTED, MUST ENSURE PRICE HIKES DON’T LEAD TO ONGOING INFLATION – TARIFFS LIKELY TO RAISE INFLATION IN COMING QUARTERS. POSSIBLE TARIFFS COULD HAVE PERSISTENT INFLATION …
President Trump just accused Fed Chair Powell of always being "late" to cut rates. Despite markets pricing-in more rate cuts, Powell is saying he is willing to wait. US stocks are extending losses. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis …
The Democrats have made a huge deal about the price increases caused by tariffs. Yet, they seem to turn a blind eye to the regulatory restrictions they impose, which do exactly the same thing. They’ll criticize tariffs for driving up …
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has told the Commons that the government is considering retaliating to Donald Trump’s tariffs. He said: “I am today launching a request for input on the implications for British businesses of possible retaliatory action.” Reynolds did …
