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Trump Says U.S. Will Raise Steel Tariffs to 50 Percent at Pennsylvania Rally
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United States President Donald Trump has announced his administration is raising tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Could New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Look Like?
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So far, Russia has resisted Western calls for a cease-fire in its war on Ukraine. And so far, US President Donald Trump has resisted calls by Kyiv and European countries to im...
By Rachel Ziemba
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
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The European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Faces $2 Trillion Hurdle to Win Money From Saudi Prince
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US President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing as much as $1 trillion in investment commitments from Saudi Arabia might clash with another costly ambition - transforming the ki...
By Rachel Ziemba
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AI, Energy and Data Centres: How the UAE Has Approached Trump’s Second Term
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Since US President Donald Trump returned to office this year, his administration has announced a series of partnerships and investments involving the UAE – and more could come...
By Rachel Ziemba
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An $80 Billion UAE Firm Is Wooing Trump and Luring Wall Street
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Even by Abu Dhabi’s standards, the recent rush of investment bankers is unprecedented. Wall Street giants from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Morgan Stanley are courting the hott...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What to Watch for as Trump’s ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Kick In
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At 12.01am EST (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs will kick in, ramping up a global trade war that has roiled stock markets ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Trade Surplus That Trump Never Mentions
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In justifying his latest tariffs announcement, President Donald Trump complains of unfair trade deficits, saying the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Gulf Economies Avoid Harshest Trump Tariffs but Do Not Escape Unscathed
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Gulf Co-operation Council countries were largely spared from US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, but the new levies' effects will be felt across the r...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump, AI and the Building Blocks of the U.S. ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
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When World Bank president Ajay Banga signalled his willingness to drop the institution's ban on funding nuclear energy projects, it marked a moment when the institution aligne...
By Rachel Ziemba
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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Bring a Spike to Gas Pump Prices and Heating Bills
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico could mean higher heating bills and prices at the pump....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Tariffs Unleash ‘Existential Fight’ for Canada
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United States President Donald Trump has been true to his threats....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Now for Venezuela with Chevron’s Oil Permit in Peril?
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Chevron currently produces and exports almost a quarter of the million barrels per day from Venezuela, the country with the world's largest known oil reserves....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Economists Say Trump Tariff Threats, DOGE Job Cuts Are ‘Chilling’ the Economy
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Economists say the uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and mass layoffs of government workers are starting to have a “chilling” effect on the U.S. economy...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Chasing Saudi’s Big Bucks? You Might Have to Move There
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund manages nearly $1tn worth of assets, making it one of the deepest-pocketed sovereign wealth funds in the world....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Spur Push to Rewrite North America Trade Pact
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As United States President Donald Trump barrels forward with tariff threats against key trading partners Canada and Mexico, a renegotiation of the three countries’ trade agree...
By Rachel Ziemba
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White House Monitoring China’s Complaint on Trump Tariffs at WTO
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The White House on Thursday said it was monitoring a complaint by China to the World Trade Organization that accuses the United States of making “unfounded and false allegatio...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
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Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind project...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Immigration, Drugs and Greenland
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In his first week in office, President Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world into ending the flow of drugs into America, accepting planes full of deported migra...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Analysis: Should Putin Be Worried About Trump’s Threats of New Sanctions?
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By Rachel Ziemba
