Tariffs and global trade

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he and first lady Melania Trump depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Washington. The President and first lady will be traveling to Rome and the Vatican to attend the funeral for Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump keeps contradicting himself on tariffs, making a fragile world economy nervous

President Donald Trump can’t stop contradicting himself on his own tariff plans. Trump says he’s on a path to cut several new trade deals in a few weeks — but also suggests it’s “physically impossible” to hold all the needed meetings.
 
Visitors look at a bare-bones version of Tesla's Cybertruck with devices from AOD Technology, which makes domain control units that process various commands such as opening doors and controlling running boards on SUVs, displayed at the Shanghai auto show on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Automakers focus on the global market, chide the US over tariffs at Shanghai’s auto show

 
American Airlines passenger jets prepare for departure, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, near a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston. American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) on Thursday, July 22 reported second-quarter net income of $19 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trade war and leery travelers have airlines trimming flights and withdrawing financial guidance

 
This July 9, 2015, file photo, shows signage outside Procter & Gamble corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Tariff turmoil: What P&G, Pepsi and other companies are saying about tariffs

 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at the forum Tokenization and the Financial System during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

IMF chief urges countries to move ‘swiftly’ to resolve trade tensions that threaten global growth

 

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A container ship is moored at the Tollerort container terminal in Hamburg, Germany Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP)

Germany sees the economy stagnating in 2025 as Trump’s trade policy weighs on it

 
Javid Moghaddasnia, Director of Customer Engagement, discusses American Giant clothing while being interviewed at the company's showroom in San Francisco, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs, a new AP-NORC poll finds

 
A worker chats with a visitor at the booth for Exotica Freshener Co, a U.S. company selling fresheners, at the 137th Canton Fair in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs

 
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Kenyan President William Ruto attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)

Kenyan president vows closer ties to China during visit amid Trump’s trade war

 
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election

 
Trader Edward McCarthy works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street’s rally roars into a 3rd day as companies’ profits keep piling up, for now at least

 

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 4/23/2025

 
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, during the Institute of International Finance Global Outlook Forum at the Willard Hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform and there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China

 
A safety instruction leaflet of an Air China airlines Boeing 737-800 is seen placed together with magazines on a seat compartment as a stewardess serves a passenger before it take off at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Boeing doesn’t expect the US trade war with China to slow its recovery

 
People pass by a Tesla sign at the Manila International Auto Show in Pasay city, Philippines Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Tariff turmoil: How Tesla and other companies are dealing with the trade war’s uncertainty

 
Trader Fred Demarco works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street rises and markets rally worldwide as Trump softens his tough talk on tariffs and the Fed

 
A concept car is shown during the Volkswagen Group media night ahead of the Auto Show in Shanghai, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EVs, tariffs in the spotlight as Chinese automakers take leading role at Shanghai auto show

 
Shipping containers sit on the container ship Alexandra at the Port Newark Container Terminal, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Tackling tariffs: What some companies are saying, and doing, about tariffs

 
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he participates in a ceremonial swearing in of Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’

 
Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

US and global economic outlook deteriorates in Trump trade war, IMF says

 
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Rajasthan International Center in Jaipur, India, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Vance calls for greater ties with India, hails progress on trade talks

 
The logo of the pharmaceutical company Roche pictured in Basel, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2017. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via AP, File)

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche announces $50B investment in US over next 5 years

 
Trader Thomas McCauley works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

How stocks, bonds and other markets have fared so far in 2025

 
A sign for the Chipotle restaurant in Pittsburgh's Market Square is seen on Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Chipotle heads south of the border with opening of 1st location in Mexico

 
U.S. Vice President JD Vance departs New Delhi en route to Jaipur, India, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Vance and Modi meet in New Delhi to discuss trade deal and avoid US tariffs

 
People work amid boxes of returned or overstocked clothing, shoes, boots, coats, packs and other items in a warehouse where the goods are cleaned or repaired before they are marketed on resale platforms in Englewood, Colo., on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Sellers of secondhand clothes prepare for tariffs to give their businesses a boost

 
Trader Sal Suarino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

 
Elizabeth Mahon, owner of baby store Three Littles, unpacks strollers and other inventory ordered by customers ahead of tariff-driven price increases at her Union Market location in Washington, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Strollers and other baby products will get more expensive – and harder to find – with tariffs

 
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a bilateral meeting at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vance and Modi are likely to discuss a potential US-India trade deal. Here’s what to know

 
Shipping containers are seen at Port Jersey, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates revenue from tariffs

 
The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump

 
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, second left, and his wife Mary, left, are welcomed by Joseph Young, center, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Tokyo, Eiichi Kawahara, second right, Ambassador Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Victor Osumi, right, President of Japan Operations of Delta, upon their arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Friday, April 18, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

New US ambassador to Japan says he’s optimistic a tariffs deal can be reached

 
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the Royal Palce honorary guards as he is accompanied by Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, right, during a send-off ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AKP via AP)

China’s leader ends Southeast Asia tour touting Beijing’s reliability vs. US tariff threats

 
This 2024 photo provided by MP Materials shows an aerial view of the company's mine in Mountain Pass, Calif. (MP Materials via AP)

The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more

 
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

 
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