President Trump has signaled that he will announce further tariffs this week on semiconductors as he moves forward with a trade investigation related to national security. The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars, toys and other goods. The United States …
Markets catch their breath Investors are breathing a bit easier on Monday, with markets rallying in Asia and Europe on hopes for a reprieve on tech tariffs. The optimism seems to contradict President Trump’s own words. The president has signaled that yet another round of levies are on the way, …
काठमाडौँ । नेपाल सरकारले जेठ १५ मा बजेट ल्याउनुपर्ने संवैधानिक बाध्यता छ । हरेक वर्ष घाटा बजेट ल्याउँदै गरेको सरकारले विनियोजन गरेको बजेट पूर्णतः खर्च गर्न नसकेको धेरै भइसकेको छ । सबै आर्थिक वर्षको बजेटको मध्यावधि समीक्षामा घटाउने बाध्यतामा सरकार छ । आम्दानी भन्दा खर्च बढी गर्नुपर्ने अर्को बाध्यतामा पनि …
In a career spanning more than 30 years, John Pettigrew has seen big changes in the electricity industry. He started out in 1991, working to introduce natural gas-fired power plants to the grid, gradually replacing polluting coal plants. . Now, once again, he is managing a tectonic shift to an …
Gemma Handy Business reporter Reporting fromSt John’s, Antigua Getty Images Guyana, and the wider Caribbean region, are concerned Trump’s price hikes will increase the cost of their imports The Caribbean nation of Guyana is breathing a sigh of relief after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on the …
Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Reporting fromWindsor, Ontario Ali Abbas Ahmadi/BBC Ford workers Kathryn Lawton (L) and Christina Grossi are afraid the tariffs could upend their lives A Lawton has worked in Canada’s auto sector for more than a century. Their children are “fifth generation Ford workers”, Kathryn Lawton said, …
BBC From the end of April, the 500-year-old Royal Mail will be controlled by a Czech billionaire who co-owns a football club and is a major investor in a British supermarket – so, why would he want this ailing institution? “A pair of scissors, one empty teapot and some hot …
China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world. Shipments of the magnets, essential for assembling everything from cars and drones to robots and missiles, have …
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Trump’s tariffs remind me of the pencil example Milton Friedman used as a metaphor to illustrate the power of the free market and the spontaneous cooperation it enables. No single person knows how to make a pencil, yet it’s produced through the efforts of countless individuals across various …
President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and scrambled prospects for many global businesses that depend on the trade. And there is no end in sight. The Trump administration has been waiting for the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, …