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Asian shares retreat ahead of Lunar New Year break
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/02/2026
» RECAP: Asian equities pulled back from record highs on Friday as traders locked in gains and pared positions ahead of a week-long holiday in Chinese markets. Wall Street risk appetite ebbed as traders started to look at AI-related impacts on the broader economy.
Trump eyes 'world tariff' of 15-20% for most countries
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2025
» TURNBERRY, Scotland - US President Donald Trump said on Monday most trading partners that do not negotiate separate trade deals would soon face tariffs of 15% to 20% on their exports to the United States, well above the broad 10% tariff he imposed in April.
US, China seek to extend trade truce with London talks
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - After a round of talks in Geneva last month, the United States and China will sit down at the negotiating table in London on Monday to attempt to preserve a fragile truce on trade, despite simmering tensions.
US tariff clock ticking for dozens of countries
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2025
» Halfway through US President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on his so-called reciprocal tariffs, a persistent gripe from businesses, consumers and governments facing them is severe uncertainty. The next 45 days may not provide much relief from the fog.
Trump's China signals give shares a lift
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/05/2025
» RECAP: Asian stocks advanced yesterday after US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the UK and signalled that tariffs on Chinese goods may fall if preliminary talks this weekend in Switzerland go well.
Market panic deepens as world scrambles to temper Trump tariffs
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» TOKYO - Asian markets took a huge plunge Monday as US futures pointed to significant losses on Wall Street over Donald Trump's punishing tariffs, even as countries sought compromise with the defiant president.
UK readies to protect industry as US tariffs upend global order: Starmer
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» LONDON - The "world as we knew it" is over, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday, as the world braced for further fallout from the introduction of US tariffs.
Trump sparks trade war with sweeping global tariffs
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump ignited a potentially ruinous trade war Wednesday as he slapped sweeping 10% tariffs on imports from around the world and harsh additional levies on key trading partners — including a 37% levy on goods from Thailand.
Trump says he’ll be ‘kind’ with tariffs
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - America’s trading partners were bracing on Tuesday for an expected fresh raft of tariffs, while US President Donald Trump promised to be “very kind” in addressing what he says are unfair trade imbalances.
Trump says tariffs on Chinese goods will double to 20%, effective next week
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/02/2025
» NEW YORK — United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the US would not only impose his originally outlined 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports beginning on Tuesday, but that these were now being doubled for an effective rate of 20%.