Donald Trump, tariffs and Wall Street
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Wall Street is pointing lower before the opening bell with new tariffs announced for Europe and Mexico and as the unofficial start of earnings season get under way this week. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq each retreated by about 0.3% early Monday.
Wall Street is pointing lower before the opening bell with new tariffs announced for Europe and Mexico and as the unofficial start of earnings season get under way this week. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq each retreated by about 0.3% early Monday.
Asian shares were mostly lower in early Tuesday trading, as worries about President Donald Trump’s latest updates to his tariffs weighed on investor sentiments. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% in morning trading to 39,
President Donald Trump announced a new set of duties on Canadian goods that were not covered by existing sectoral tariffs.
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Axios on MSNWall Street may be enabling Trump tariffsPresident Trump is celebrating the new record in the market with additional tariffs on Canada.Part of his excitement may stem from what the rally allows him to do, which is whatever he wants on tariff policy.
U.S. stock indexes are edging mostly lower following President Donald Trump’s latest updates to his tariffs, but Wall Street is hanging near its record amid speculation about whether the president may ultimately back down.
Markets had dismissed tariff risks under the assumption that Trump would follow an earlier pattern and back off, in what became known as the so-called TACO trade. That allowed stocks to reach new record-high territory recently, marking a stunning rebound from the collapse triggered by his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in April.
The newspaper's conservative editorial board also hit the president with a cold truth about his tariff strategy.