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Milei Scores Trump Trade Deal That Will Test His Closed Economy

Argentine President Javier Milei finally has his trade deal with Donald Trump, but the libertarian leader’s political victory also represents a challenge to open up his protectionist economy. Read More

A post-shutdown fog will hang over the U.S. economy for months

Key economic data was not gathered during the U.S. government shut down — casting a fog of uncertainty over the state of the U.S. economy at a crucial time. The Canada-U.S. trade war has dragged on ... Read More

(News Focus) S. Korea, U.S. upgrade alliance to comprehensive, strategic partnership with trade, security deals

President Lee Jae Myung has upgraded South Korea's alliance with the United States into a future-oriented strategic partnership by finalizing massive Korean investment pledges in key U.S. sectors and ... Read More

Canada Reaches for Its Economic Past to Find a Future Less Reliant on the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists. Read More

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit Americans in 2026. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More

Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%

The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate of 39 percent that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports. Read More

Here's what gold crossing $4,000 is telling us about the U.S. economy

Gold is glittering for investors, with prices now topping a record $4,000 an ounce. But the reasons behind the shiny metal's surge may be less than dazzling, with Wall Street analysts saying it ... Read More

The second phase of the trade war could be sector tariffs

The focus of the trade war this year has been on the reciprocal tariffs that President Trump launched on April 2, and which were modified on Aug. 7. Countries that did not run bilateral trade ... Read More

If New York or California enters a recession, the entire U.S. economy would be next. So how are they doing?

As two of the country's biggest states by GDP, their economies 'may be canaries in the coal mine,' one economist notes The economies of California and New York could be proverbial canaries in the coal ... Read More