As Trump Upends Global Trade, Europe Sees an Opportunity

Ursula von der Leyen is trying to ensure that if the international trading system is remade, the E.U. is at the center of what comes next.

The New York Times - 3d

Global stock markets up amid Trump tariffs exemptions for electronics

Major stock markets in Asia and Europe rose in Monday trading following the U.S. announcement that key consumer electronics would be temporarily exempted from tariffs.

ABC News - 1d

Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton

It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the US. The game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn market in US government debt, threatening ...

The Guardian - 2d

Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power

President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.

Wired - 4d

Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power

President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.

Wired - 4d

Trump’s Tariff War Has Added Risk to U.S. Bonds, Long the Surest Bet in Global Finance

Shocked by Trump’s trade war, foreign investors are selling U.S. government bonds, long the world’s safe haven.

The New York Times - 1d

Trump’s Tariff War Has Added Risk to U.S. Bonds, Long the Surest Bet in Global Finance

Shocked by Trump’s trade war, foreign investors are selling U.S. government bonds, long the world’s safe haven.

The New York Times - 1d

Get Ready to See Tariff Surcharges on Your Receipts

Companies struck by Donald Trump’s trade levies will likely pass the hit along to consumers—and some will want to clearly point the finger at who is to blame.

Wired - 5d

‘A new golden age’: how rightwing media stuck by Trump as global markets collapsed

Trump’s tariffs were sometimes played down, sometimes cheered but rarely seriously questioned by the right. While Donald Trump recently instituted and paused hefty tariffs, sparking a trade war ...

The Guardian - 3d

Bond Market is Upended by Trump’s Tariffs

In the usually steady government bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has risen to about 4.5 percent from less than 4 percent at the end of last week.

The New York Times - 3d

Starmer’s opportunity to ride the Trump rollercoaster

A big question hanging over Britain’s prospects is whether the prime minister can grow on the job

Financial Times - 3d

EU foreign ministers meet in wake of deadly Russian attack on Sumy as Zelenskyy issues plea for Trump to visit Ukraine – Europe live

EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg after Russian attack kills at least 34 in Sumy. Elsewhere, if you want to follow the stock markets and see what are their reactions to the latest policy ...

The Guardian - 1d

How Trump Offers This African Territory Its ‘Biggest Opportunity’

After years of building relationships with congressional Republicans and conservative think tanks, officials in Somaliland believe President Trump will grant their ultimate wish: statehood.

The New York Times - 3d

Trump administration's foreign aid cuts threaten to roll back global maternal mortality progress

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health experts fear that progress could be rolled back as a result of the Trump ...

The Hill - 1d

How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.

The New York Times - 6d

Hill Democrats take aim at Trump's global tariffs

Politico - 6d

Trump, Xi "don't have any plans" to speak, trade representative says

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping "don't have any plans" to speak amid an escalating trade war between the two countries.

CBS News - 1d

Trump, Xi "don't have any plans" to speak, trade representative says

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping "don't have any plans" to speak amid an escalating trade war between the two countries.

CBS News - 1d

Senators call for probe into possible insider trading over Trump tariff reversal

Two Democrats are seeking answers from the White House about whether Trump administration officials engaged in insider trading amid the tariff rollbacks.

ABC News - 4d

Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy

As the president launches a trade war, follow the latest on tariffs and executive orders

Financial Times - 1d

How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars

By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.

The New York Times - 3d

How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars

By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.

The New York Times - 3d

Brown University to see federal funding halted by Trump administration

A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University

ABC News - Apr. 3

Watch: Trump trade rep, congressman have fiery exchange over tariff pause

As President Trump announced a pause to his tariffs, his trade representative, Jamieson Greer, was in the middle of testifying at a House hearing

CBS News - 4d

Trump pushes trade partners to buy more U.S. energy as a way to avoid higher tariffs

Trump says he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit and achieve what he calls "energy dominance."

CNBC - 3d

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy to Trump – come and see Putin’s war for yourself

Impose ceasefire on Russia, says France’s Macron, as leaders condemn deadly Palm Sunday strike on Sumy. What we know on day 1,146. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has urged Donald ...

The Guardian - 1d

Can Nigeria Help Save the Pangolins Amid a Global Wildlife Crime Crisis?

The country has been known as a hub for the trade in illegal wildlife. But it has been stepping up enforcement as concerns grow about the depletion of certain species and the growing role of ...

The New York Times - 4d

U.S. exempts smartphones, computers from global Trump tariffs

The exemptions, published late Friday in a notice by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office, cover various electronic goods, including smartphones.

CBS News - 2d

FirstFT: Global markets rise after Trump’s temporary tariff exemption for smartphones

Also in today’s newsletter, Meta and FTC in antitrust trial and Theresa May’s Lunch with the FT

Financial Times - 1d

Global stocks lifted by US reprieve for Trump’s tech tariffs

President suggests need for ‘flexibility’ but insists smartphone carve-out is temporary

Financial Times - 1d

How the ‘trade of the year’ in the bond market became a nightmare for investors after Trump’s tariffs

Here is what’s at stake as a lesser-known “basis trade” came undone this week, just before President Trump’s mini-pivot on tariffs.

MarketWatch - 2d

Senate Republicans nudge Trump's trade chief for tariff end game

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer provided little of the clarity senators of both parties were seeking in a Finance Committee hearing Tuesday.

Politico - Apr. 8

A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating

The Trump administration is in a standoff with the Chinese government as trade tensions escalate, leaving U.S. businesses in the cross hairs

The New York Times - 2d

A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating

The Trump administration is in a standoff with the Chinese government as trade tensions escalate, leaving U.S. businesses in the cross hairs

The New York Times - 2d

Sen. Cory Booker says Congress should hold hearings on whether insider trading on Trump's tariffs occurred

Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that Congress should hold hearings and defended Democratic lawmakers' calls for investigations into any possibility of insider trading after President Donald Trump ...

NBC News - 2d

Sen. Cory Booker says Congress should hold hearings on whether insider trading on Trump's tariffs occurred

Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that Congress should hold hearings and defended Democratic lawmakers' calls for investigations into any possibility of insider trading after President Donald Trump ...

NBC News - 2d

‘There’s no bad time to buy a house, only a bad time to sell one’: Will Trump’s trade war lead to a reduction in house prices?

Will Trump’s tariffs push the U.S. into a recession?

MarketWatch - 2d

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