China, Trump and Risk
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Trump, EU and Tariffs
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President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, though temporarily reduced, continue to threaten small businesses like Bivo, a Vermont-based water bottle company. Facing significant financial strain due to increased duties,
Trump’s renewed trade war with China is deepening the country’s factory job crisis, as soaring US tariffs threaten millions of manufacturing roles amid an already struggling Chinese economy.
President Trump's latest moves appear to have eased some of the uncertainty clouding the economic outlook among consumers.
European companies operating in China say the market has become increasingly challenging because of weak economic demand and opaque government rules on business.
PDD Holdings' CEO said "radical change in external policy environment, such as tariffs," has put pressure on its merchants and hurt its bottom line.
U.S. Federal Reserve staffers have scrambled since January to decipher what Trump administration trade policies will mean for the economy, with published tallies of potential income losses, inflation estimates running as much as 2 percentage points higher,
President Donald Trump announced that China and US had agreed to pause escalating tariffs for 90 days. Massachusetts has its own imports and exports.