US Trade War
Higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week.
Updated 06 Apr, 2025 09:43am
UNCTAD warns that global economic growth could decline further.
Updated 06 Apr, 2025 09:37am
Bangladesh exports $8.4bn of garments annually to the US, data from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association says.
Published 05 Apr, 2025 07:35pm
Shoddy math applied by US to indiscriminately penalise its trading partners signals the end of an era of global trade liberalisation.
Updated 05 Apr, 2025 03:37pm
Powell’s comments suggest the Fed is in no rush to cut its benchmark lending rate.
Updated 05 Apr, 2025 12:07pm
As things stand, Pakistan may lose out on up to $1-1.5bn of textile exports over the next year, Pakistan Business Council CEO estimates.
Updated 05 Apr, 2025 11:50am
Central bankers warn that US president may threaten to turn off the Federal Reserve's taps for foreign central banks.
Published 04 Apr, 2025 09:11pm
Beijing imposed additional tariffs of 34pc on all US goods from April 10.
Published 04 Apr, 2025 04:45pm
Watching the Trump tariffs roll in while our own prime minister congratulated himself, his team and the power of prayer for being able to pass through a power tariff cut inspired zero confidence.
Published 04 Apr, 2025 09:42am
Fitch says tariffs are highest in a century; smaller countries hit with bigger rates.
Updated 04 Apr, 2025 08:15am
Analyst says Pakistan would have to offset the immediate negative impact, make its exports competitive as compared to other tariff-hit countries.
Updated 03 Apr, 2025 05:38pm
Trump announces "baseline" 10pc tariffs; nations including Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bangladesh will be hit much harder.
Updated 03 Apr, 2025 03:48pm
China, EU, Canada warn “countermeasures" against new tariffs; Indian official says tariffs "higher than expected"; UK says "will not hesitate to act".
Updated 03 Apr, 2025 03:44pm
China vows retaliation; India faces lower levies than rest of South Asia; EU leaders express dismay; already-taxed Canada and Mexico not in new list.
Updated 03 Apr, 2025 05:38pm
Announcement expected as month-long reprieve for most Canadian, Mexican goods from 25pc tariffs is due to expire.
Published 02 Apr, 2025 12:00pm
Beyond retaliatory measures that could multiply, the trade war could also prompt overproduction in producer countries.
Updated 29 Mar, 2025 01:10pm
Japan's govt describes announcement as “extremely regrettable"; Canadian PM brands tariff “direct attack” on country’s workers.
Updated 27 Mar, 2025 12:20pm
Action also affects units in UAE, Iran, South Africa; Beijing slams "weaponisation" of trade and technology.
Updated 27 Mar, 2025 08:21am
Says Beijing would pursue economic globalisation despite "fragmentation".
Published 23 Mar, 2025 03:07pm
Visit is seen as a way to ease strained relations during a burgeoning trade war launched by Trump.
Published 23 Mar, 2025 06:52am
Officials look to revive confidence in world’s second-largest economy, which has been beset by persistent property sector woes.
Updated 17 Mar, 2025 02:48pm
As in the past, the US under Trump is underestimating the power of nationalism across the world.
Updated 17 Mar, 2025 08:51am
Pakistan’s largest trading partners — Beijing and Washington — continue to walk on diverging paths.
Updated 10 Mar, 2025 10:14am
Signs executive order to create task force for 2026 event.
Updated 09 Mar, 2025 01:07pm
Even as Washington seeks to help domestic steel producers, experts warn targeting the metals harms various other industries.
Updated 09 Mar, 2025 10:08am
Criticises India’s 100pc tariff on American automobiles; vows "reciprocal" levies.
Published 06 Mar, 2025 08:32am
Embassy says, "If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end."
Updated 05 Mar, 2025 04:07pm
Proclaims US "will be woke no longer"; makes 13-year-old cancer survivor Secret Service agent.
Published 05 Mar, 2025 11:23am
Beijing files complaint at WTO against US duties.
Updated 05 Mar, 2025 09:41am
China says to impose fresh tariffs on US agricultural imports; Trump says Japan, China can't keep depreciating currencies.
Updated 04 Mar, 2025 12:48pm
