The Japanese, Chinese and South Korean governments are considering holding a meeting of their trade ministers in Seoul later this month in what would be their first meeting since the one held in Beijing in December 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/15/economy/japan-china-south-korea-trade-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #trade #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #tradewar

Tariff worries rattled Wall Street again Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 into a correction that left it at the lowest in six months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/markets/stocks-sink-trump-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #stocks #donaldtrump #economicindicators #trade #tariffs

More than half of Americans, including 1 in 4 Republicans, think U.S. President Donald Trump is "too closely aligned" with Russia, a new poll shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/world/politics/trump-russia-closeness-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #usrussiarelations #greenland #tariffs #trade #canada #panamacanal

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 200% tariff on wine and other alcohol imports from Europe, opening a new front in a global trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised recession fears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/economy/trump-europe-wine-tariff-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #alcohol

#WallStreetJournal #wsj #trade #tradewar
Wall Street Journal knocks Trump for Dumbest Trade War in History
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IeWu-ju7nRA&si=-ivG_MaamPloWKj7

Two South Korean steelmakers are considering new investment options in the United States while European steel mills warn of a flood of surplus metal as increased U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum come into force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/13/markets/south-korean-steelmakers-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #southkorea #steel #us #trade #canada #mexico #eu #europe #brazil #hyundai

Concerns are growing in Japan that U.S. President Donald Trump might target the Japanese auto sector next after Tokyo failed to secure an exemption from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/13/economy/concerns-growing-auto-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #carmakers #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations

Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck.

But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Foreign automakers do.

In Fast Company, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91296810/detroit-killed-the-sedan-trumps-trade-war-will-make-them-wish-they-hadnt

Canadians have been stung by Trump's actions and words since he returned to the White House, both around tariffs and suggestions that Canada should be annexed by the United States, with many balking at U.S. travel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/world/politics/canadians-trump-tariffs-us-travel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #canada #travel #tourism #trade #donaldtrump

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt created a stir in Japan when she accused Japan of imposing a 700% tariff on American rice, but is that really the case? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/japan-rice-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #trade

U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday afternoon on a pledge to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50%, just hours after announcing the higher tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/12/markets/trump-tariffs-market-scramble/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #globaleconomy #trade #donaldtrump #canada #uscanadarelations #tariffs

Trump says he's doubling 25% tariffs against Canadian steel and aluminum
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his commerce secretary to put an additional 25 per cent tariff on all steel and aluminum coming into the United States from Canada, bringing the total tariff on those products to 50 per cent starting Wednesday.
#politics #trade #tariff #economy #Canada #UnitedStates
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-canada-steel-alumimum-tariffs-1.7480309?cmp=rss

Asian stocks fell sharply on Tuesday as a market selloff extended on mounting worries that a wide-ranging trade war could dent U.S. economic growth and lead to a recession. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/11/markets/asia-stocks-trump-recession/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #wallstreet #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #tradewar #stocks #globaleconomy #yen #nikkei #asia

Growing worry that President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, spending cuts and geopolitical shakeups will stall what had been a strong economy saw investors retreat from virtually every type of risk on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/11/markets/trump-economic-fear-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #wallstreet #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #tradewar #stocks #globaleconomy

Now that #Trump is throwing away #America's relationship with #Poland for his #russian masters..

A reminder that Poland's #trade with the #US is almost 7x that of #Russia.

Chinese tariffs on a slew of American farm products have officially come into effect, the latest retaliation in the unfolding trade war between the world’s top two economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/economy/china-food-weapon-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #food #us #trade

Japan swung to a current account deficit for the first time in two years in January as the deficit in goods trade nearly doubled due to the effects from the Lunar New Year holidays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/economy/current-account-deficit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #currentaccount #japaneseeconomy #trade #investments #china #financeministry #newyear #tourism

Economists lowered the growth outlook for Singapore and Hong Kong in the second half of this year on increased uncertainties from U.S. President Donald Trump imposing higher tariffs on China’s exports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/markets/singapore-hong-kong-us-tariff-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #singapore #hongkong #us #trade #china #tariffs #tradewar #donaldtrump

U.S. President Donald Trump has declined to rule out the possibility that the United States might enter a recession this year, as his tariff threats roil financial markets and stoke unease among consumers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/economy/us-trump-recession/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #globaleconomy #donaldtrump #us #tradewar #tariffs #trade #inflation #recessions