Trump, Markets and trade deals
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President Donald Trump and his advisers said this was the plan all along: Scare the bejesus out of the world by announcing astronomically high tariffs, get countries to come to the negotiating table,
From CNN
Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause in additional tariffs on a wide range of countries willing to negotiate with the US, sending stocks surging as the president backed down from a full-blown tr...
From The Financial Times
Meanwhile, markets continued to face a turbulent time on Thursday, following Trump's 10% tariff announcement for all countries except China.
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Shares of Apple and Tesla have lost more than 10% since “Liberation Day” during the stock market rollercoaster.
"It seems that we go from panic to euphoria to terror," one analyst told Business Insider. Stocks and bonds swung violently, while the dollar plunged.
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An escalating tit-for-tat retaliation between the U.S. and China could wipe out all bilateral trade between the the world's two largest economies.
9 April: Custom tariffs on roughly 60 countries - dubbed the worst offenders - come into effect. Trump then announces a 90-day pause for all countries, except China, with a universal 10% tariff across the board. China's tariffs are hiked to 125%
Asian markets are down despite Trump's tariff pause, ending a brief relief rally. Investors remain wary due to ongoing US-China trade tensions and high tariff rates. US futures are also falling, reflecting persistent market uncertainty and economic concerns.
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The so-called "magnificent seven" - which is made up of Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla - has accounted for a large chunk of the more than $5tn (£3.9tn) the S&P 500 index has lost in value in recent trading sessions, Reuters news agency reported yesterday.
A pullback from US Treasuries sent longer-term yields surging by the most since pandemic struck in 2020, deepening losses in what’s supposed to be a haven from financial turmoil and roiling markets abroad as investors sell government bonds to raise cash.
Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market are struggling to hold onto recent gains after a rollercoaster week for financial markets, marked by President Trump’s on-again, off-again trade policy. After tumbling to a low of $74,