Category: Tariffs and Trade

Volkswagen has turned a routine investment review into a high stakes warning shot at Washington, signalling it could walk away from a new United States factory after President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves. The clash pits one of Europe’s biggest industrial employers against a White House that has made aggressive trade policy central to its…

Global markets lurched lower after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on eight European nations in a dispute tied to Greenland, wiping out risk appetite in a matter of hours. Equities from New York to Frankfurt sold off, safe-haven trades roared back to life and currency markets swung as investors tried to price the prospect…

The clash between Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump has escalated from a war of words at Davos into a full‑blown diplomatic feud. At its center is Carney’s blunt retort that “Canada doesn’t live because of the US,” a line that crystallizes a deeper argument over sovereignty, economic power and the future of…

European equities snapped back sharply after President Donald Trump signaled that threatened tariffs on the continent would not go ahead, tying the shift to a framework for a Greenland deal. The relief rally followed a bruising selloff that had rippled from Wall Street into regional benchmarks as investors tried to price an unprecedented link between…

Six months after playing down the impact of new trade barriers, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is now warning that tariff-driven price increases are beginning to hit shoppers and could intensify in 2026. The shift matters far beyond one company’s earnings call, because Amazon’s scale turns its pricing into a rough proxy for how President Donald…

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats have turned a long‑running dispute over Greenland into a direct shock for European markets, hitting everything from car stocks to corporate borrowing costs. Investors are suddenly having to reprice the risk that a political standoff could morph into a full‑blown trade war between the United States and key European…

Amazon is starting to feel the bite of President Trump’s latest tariffs, and shoppers are responding in the most predictable way possible: they are trading down. Instead of paying more for familiar labels, customers are abandoning big brands in favor of cheaper alternatives, a shift that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says is already visible in…

President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on European allies over a stalled bid to acquire Greenland has triggered a market jolt that goes far beyond another trade skirmish. The reaction has laid bare how a United States carrying roughly $34 trillion in debt is far more vulnerable to sudden shifts in investor confidence than…

President Donald Trump is signaling that if the Supreme Court clips his tariff authority, he will not retreat from aggressive trade measures but instead move quickly to restore pressure through new tools. As the justices delay a ruling on his existing levies, the White House is quietly sketching fallback options that could keep duties in…

As President Donald Trump doubles down on his Greenland tariff threats, his own Treasury chief is publicly warning Europe that striking back would be a serious mistake. Scott Bessent is not just defending the White House line, he is arguing that a full‑blown trade fight over the Arctic island would damage both sides and risk…