Political risk: How Trump 2.0 is affecting investment in U.S. assets

Political risk: How Trump 2.0 is affecting investment in U.S. assets

Heightened political risk might become the backdrop for U.S. stocks for the foreseeable future. January saw the U.S. attack Venezuela and President Donald Trump attempt to annex Greenland , threatening new tariffs on eight European allies. By the end of the month, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group was sailing …

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How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data

How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data

Labors work at a factory’s workshop in Huaying, Sichuan province of China. Getty Images China’s recent record $1.1 trillion trade surplus showed that despite President Donald Trump‘s efforts to use tariff policy to slow China’s manufacturing export strength, the geopolitical and economic rival has not only found global workarounds, but …

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