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#tariffs

The U.S. job market is sluggish and confusing this fall. American companies are mostly holding onto the employees they have. But they're reluctant to hire new ones as they struggle to assess how to use artificial intelligence and how to adjust to President Donald Trump's unpredictable policies, especially his double-digit taxes on imports from around the world. The uncertainty leaves jobseekers struggling to find work or even land interviews.

Maybe this will all come out to be better at the end, but I can tell you right now, it certainly isn't the case at the moment,

It registered a marginal trade surplus of $153 million in September, following a $6.43 billion deficit in the prior month, Statistics Canada said. This was the first ever surplus that Canada has posted since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened and later imposed tariffs on critical sectors, which choked significant exports to the U.S., Canada's biggest trading partner. The bulk of the surplus was driven by a 44 per cent jump in Canada's trade surplus with the U.S., Statistics Canada data showed.

If Republicans are trying to do a solve,' what they should probably do is boost ACA subsidies for another couple years, but include a bunch of riders that transition it out and make room for larger HSAs. In other words, provide people some sort of glide path toward a new future, as opposed to a hard stop. Hard stops in American politics typically create massive political blowback, and 2026 looks like it's going to be pretty ugly for Republicans, anyway.

President Donald Trump's signature tariffs are being scrutinized by the Supreme Court after they were struck down by both the Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Many commentators believe a decision could come as soon as the end of the year, and the high court will not uphold the tariffs. But Trump claims that even if he loses, he has other ways to keep the tariffs in place,

Following his successful meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea, President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing, or begin purchasing again, American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or for the country at the time. But now they know President Trump is not messing around. He's going to stand up for American farmers and American families.

Donald Trump's trade tariffs have failed to hold back China's export dominance, which scaled new heights in November. China's trade surplus the difference between the value of goods it imports and exports has hit $1 trillion for the first time, a significant yardstick in the country's role as factory of the world, making everything from socks and curtains to electric cars.

Data released on Monday shows that in the first 11 months of this year, China's trade surplus in goods was $1.076tn. The record trade surplus comes even as exports to the US have plummeted, a reflection of the bruising US-China trade war that, despite a recent cooling, has dampened the flow of goods between the world's two largest economies. Exports to the US plummeted by nearly a third in November.

Meanwhile, the most widely cited concern by billionaires was tariffs, with 66% saying it will most likely harm market conditions over the coming year. Close behind was "major geopolitical conflict" at 63% and policy uncertainty at 59%. And while Wall Street is worried about soaring U.S. debt, other sovereign borrowers, and AI hyperscalers issuing more bonds, a comparatively low 34% of billionaires flagged a debt crisis as the biggest thing keeping them up at night.

"I told them that if they don't react, we Europeans will be forced to take strong measures in the coming months," Macron told business daily Les Echos after returning from a state visit to China.

If you haven't heard by now, the U.S. government has another economic stimulus package up its sleeve. President Trump in all his strategizing has unveiled a plan to return the revenue generated by his controversial tariff program to every American, with the exception of high-income earners. This has middle-class America already budgeting those checks into their holiday spending plans perhaps a bit prematurely as though it's already money in the bank. It's been four years since the last round of stimulus payments, and the new

The mall staple was able to get ahead of tariff impacts during the first half of the year through preemptive actions, Chief Financial Officer Voin Todorovic said in a statement Thursday, but the levies caught up to the company in its most recent quarter and will continue to weigh on its performance into 2026. "We expect this elevated level of impact to continue through the fourth quarter and into the next fiscal year," Todorovic said.

I think there's been a lot done with tariffs to have a more level playing field. I wouldn't say it's level now, but for years we faced either tariffs or non-tariff trade barriers. For instance, in Europe it was 10 percent if we exported there if they exported here it was 2, 2.5. Exporting to China was 25 to 50 percent tariffs. And again, the same 2, 2.5 in this country, setting aside full-size trucks.

the retail giant argued the Trump administration has misused the federal law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), it cited to impose the tariffs. IEEPA grants the president certain power, but they may only be exercised to deal with an unusual and extraordinary threat with respect to which a national emergency has been declared for purposes of this chapter and may not be exercised for any other purposes', Costco said in the lawsuit, quoting the law.

In an interview with investor and entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath released on Sunday, Musk said he warned Trump against tariffs, arguing they "create distortions in markets." The Tesla CEO has previously expressed concern that import taxes would cause a recession and drive up the prices of goods. In April, the EV maker stopped taking orders for some models in China, which then faced a retaliatory 125% tariff.

The UK and the US have agreed a deal to keep tariffs on UK pharmaceutical shipments into America at zero. Under the agreement the UK will pay more for medicines through the NHS in return for a guarantee that US import taxes on pharmaceuticals made in the UK will remain at zero for three years. The deal comes after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs to as high as 100% on branded drug imports.

An uncertain economic environment has led some consumers to be more selective about where they spend their money. As a result, some are reaching for cheaper styles - fast-fashion retailers like Shein took market share from competing brands in 2024, according to data and analytics company GlobalData - or buying secondhand clothing. Many retailers and restaurants, such as baby apparel brand Carter's and department store chain Macy's, have been shuttering stores.