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New tariffs ‘coming soon’: US trade secretary says duty exemptions for electronics temporary

US administration’s recent decision to exempt various electronic devices from tariffs introduced earlier this month is not permanent, said commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday.He clarified that these products would soon face “semiconductor tariffs,” expected to be implemented within “a month or two.”Speaking at ABC news’ ‘This Week’ programme, Lutnick said, “All those products are […]

Global markets crash as Donald Trump tariff blitz sparks panic and retaliation

Representative AI image generated by Denny NEW DELHI: Asian stock markets nosedived on Monday as global financial turmoil deepened, triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and China’s retaliatory measures. With fears of a full-blown trade war mounting, US futures pointed to further losses on Wall Street, compounding Friday’s historic meltdown.Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell […]

US tariffs wipe out $9 trillion in global markets; Trump says will ‘supercharge economy’

Global markets were rattled on Friday as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff war triggered a massive sell-off, erasing more than $9 trillion in market capitalisation since his second-term inauguration on January 20. The Wall Street meltdown, the worst since the Covid -19 pandemic, sent shockwaves across global financial centres. The S&P 500 plunged nearly […]

Trump bravado as US market continues to tank after China retaliates

TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump was all bravado on Friday as US stocks went into a dizzying downward spiral, wiping out another $ 2 trillion in investor money after China retaliated to his tariff gambit that has inflamed global markets. “China played it wrong, they panicked — the one thing they cannot […]