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Historic import drop drives sharp decline in U.S. trade deficit as Trump tariffs take hold

The United States posted a record drop in its trade deficit, marking the sharpest decline since records began, Bloomberg reported on June 5.

6 June 2025, 10:58 AM

Trade war reignites as Beijing accuses U.S. of breaking tariff truce

Chinese authorities have accused the United States of violating a bilateral tariff agreement by introducing new export control rules on semiconductors and threatening to revoke student visas, moves they say harm China’s national interests, the Associated Press reported on June 2.

2 June 2025, 01:20 PM

Markets rally after Trump’s tariff pause, but concerns linger

Markets surged after U.S.-China trade talks showed promising signs of progress, with investors responding optimistically to a 90-day tariff pause, Markets Business Insider reported on May 12.

12 May 2025, 01:34 PM

Ukrainian lawmaker explains Trump’s tariff pause

The newly announced 90-day tariff pause between the United States and China marks a U.S. defeat in what was described as Donald Trump’s positional trade war with Beijing, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Telegram on May 12.

12 May 2025, 12:38 PM

Ukraine eyes euro as Kyiv signals shift from dollar amid Trump-era volatility

Ukraine is considering dropping the U.S. dollar in favor of the euro as the reference currency for the hryvnia, in what officials describe as a reflection of geopolitical realignments and closer ties with the European Union. The move, reported by Reuters on May 8, underscores Ukraine’s growing discomfort with Washington’s unpredictability under President Donald Trump.

8 May 2025, 11:33 AM

White House dismisses polls showing sharp decline in Trump’s economic approval

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, nearing his 100th day in office, is brushing off a wave of weak economic indicators following the imposition of tariffs and insists the economy remains strong, Politico reported on April 28.

28 April 2025, 10:34 AM

China quietly lifts tariffs on U.S. semiconductors

China lifted its 125% tariffs on certain U.S.-made semiconductors without an official announcement, CNN reported on April 24, citing import agencies that discovered the change during customs clearance.

25 April 2025, 01:19 PM

Trump lays out condition for lifting import tariffs: ‘Come to America and build in America!’

U.S. President Donald Trump has laid out a key condition for countries seeking relief from import tariffs on April 21.

21 April 2025, 11:49 AM

Russia’s budget breaks as Trump’s trade war casts a long shadow

Falling oil prices are squeezing the already slowing economy of aggressor state Russia and threatening to cut its military budget, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 20, analyzing the indirect impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war despite no tariffs targeting Moscow.

20 April 2025, 05:40 PM

EU pauses tariffs on U.S. goods for 90 days to give talks a chance, von der Leyen says

The European Union will delay retaliatory tariffs against the United States for 90 days in a bid to give negotiations a chance, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on April 10.

11 April 2025, 05:18 AM

Trump’s executive orders remake America in his image — crude, cruel and chaotic

It didn’t take long. Within days of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, America began to look less like a democracy and more like a hostile corporate takeover — run on impulse, executed by executive order, and driven by revenge.

10 April 2025, 04:00 PM

Pistorius: New unpredictability in U.S. relations, Europe must show more leadership in NATO

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned that a “new unpredictability” has emerged in relations with the United States and urged European countries to assume significantly more leadership within NATO, Reuters reported on April 9.

10 April 2025, 12:49 PM

Russia may escape U.S. tariffs but not the global economic fallout

At first glance, Russia appears to be sitting on the sidelines of the global trade war unleashed by the White House’s sweeping new tariff package. But as economist and CEPA fellow Alexander Kolyandr argues in an article published April 7, the Kremlin will not emerge unscathed.

9 April 2025, 04:25 PM

China hits back at new U.S. tariffs with sweeping duties on American imports

China has responded to the United States' latest round of tariffs by slapping a 34% duty on all American imports, Bloomberg reported on April 4.

4 April 2025, 04:14 PM

Trump’s tariffs aren’t policy. They’re provocation.

Donald Trump’s latest tariff proposal may energize his political base, but it represents a perilous escalation of economic nationalism with global consequences. Rather than addressing the complexities of trade imbalances or modern manufacturing, the plan relies on blunt force: a 10% tariff on all imports, with steeper penalties on specific nations — including a 60% rate on Chinese goods and 20% on European imports.

4 April 2025, 12:39 PM

IMF flags Trump tariffs as global growth threat

The International Monetary Fund sees the new tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump as a serious threat to the global economy, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in a statement, according to Ukrinform.

4 April 2025, 10:16 AM

Trump’s trade storm hits Asia and beyond: No economy spared

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, described by Reuters on April 3 as a “battle of one against all,” has within just 10 weeks of his presidency imposed reciprocal tariffs that hit China with a 34-percentage point increase, raising total new duties on exports from the People’s Republic by 54 percentage points.

3 April 2025, 12:26 PM

Trump hits Ukraine with 10% tariffs, spares Russia and Belarus

US President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited package of "Liberation Day" tariffs on imported goods, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House on the evening of April 2.

3 April 2025, 08:35 AM

US futures fall in wake of Trump’s sweeping tariffs

U.S. stock futures tumbled in after-hours trading after President Donald Trump announced the sharpest and broadest tariff hike since the Smoot–Hawley Act in 1930, CNN reported on April 2.

3 April 2025, 01:47 AM

Trump’s patience with Putin wears thin as ceasefire talks stall

U.S. President Donald Trump’s increasingly tough rhetoric toward Russia signals a sharp shift from his earlier praise for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 30.

31 March 2025, 06:18 PM

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