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Global economy shrugs off Trump’s tariffs, at least for now, IMF says

The International Monetary Fund says the global economy is performing better than expected despite Trump’s tariffs, but future growth prospects are at risk. Read More

Trump’s Trade War With China Catches the World in Its Crossfire

Mr. Trump’s initial fury softened over the weekend, after his response led to the sharpest decline in stocks since April, when the president’s initial barrage of tariffs was announced. Still, his ... Read More

Global Growth Remains Sluggish as Tariff Threats Loom

The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow. Read More

IMF chief says lack of retaliation against Trump tariffs aiding global growth

Decisions by most countries to not retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are among the top factors bolstering the global economy's resilience, IMF Managing Director Kristalina ... Read More

‘Premature’ to conclude that Trump’s tariffs haven’t hit the global economy, the IMF says

Higher US tariffs have so far had a smaller impact globally than expected, but it would be “premature and incorrect” to conclude they have had no effect on economic growth, the International Monetary ... Read More

The World Is Not Following Trump’s Lead on Tariffs

As Trump tries to build steep tariff barriers, most of America’s key trading partners are trying to tear them down. Read More

Trump sees no reason to meet China's Xi, threatens tariffs in new rift

President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese exports and cancel a meeting with President Xi Jinping, in a broadside against Beijing on Friday that sent markets and relations between ... Read More

Why Donald Trump’s tariffs are failing to break global trade

All told, our estimates suggest that tariffs are adding around 0.3 percentage points to inflation. Employment has weakened, too, in tariff-exposed sectors such as manufacturing and retail; bosses ... Read More

Trump's latest China tariff brinkmanship clouds IMF, World Bank meetings

Finance chiefs gathering in Washington this week were ready to discuss the global economy's surprising resilience in the face of Donald Trump's tariff assaults - until the U.S.-China trade war erupted ... Read More

China vows to stand firm against Trump's tariff threat. He urges Beijing to be less confrontational

President Donald Trump says China should take a less confrontational approach to his threatened new tariffs, but he's not retreating from his demands ... Read More

Trump announces 130% tariffs on China. The global trade war just came roaring back

President Donald Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner. The threat is a massive ... Read More