Another round of market manipulation based on another falsehood. THEY had talks? Who had talks? A handful of WH staffers talked among themselves? The Chinese had talks among themselves? They certainly not talking to each other, that much has already ...

Trump on China trade talks: They had a meeting this morning

It really does beggar belief that so many in the US just don't get it (many do of course, but just as many don't). This isn't a tariff on other countries. It's a tariff paid by US importers which is then passed on to US consumers. Other countries ...

China says no ongoing trade talks with the U.S., calls for canceling 'unilateral' tariffs

Good one Van

China says no ongoing trade talks with the U.S., calls for canceling 'unilateral' tariffs

And there you have the actual truth, in black and white “At present there are absolutely no negotiations on the economy and trade between China and the U.S.,” Ministry of Commerce Spokesperson He Yadong told reporters in Mandarin, translated by ...

China says no ongoing trade talks with the U.S., calls for canceling 'unilateral' tariffs

Heard of the Trump Two Step? I think it's more a Trump Three Step. 1. State a ridiculous position. 2. Back off in the face of backlash. 3. Resume original position but with even greater vigour.

China’s President Xi says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order

A classic short squeeze. There have been NO negotiations. Tariffs WILL be applied, anything from 20-100%. Tariffs WILL harm the US economy, drive down GDP, increase unemployment and increase domestic inflation. Trump's credibility = zero. Absolutely ...

China’s President Xi says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order

Hilarious. Yup this administration has really got its act together, not.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC...

Oh dear, a day of reckoning is coming, fast. And it will come from within his own party. Resorting to name calling? Seriously? Here's a few for the neighbourhood bully himself - DUMMY, DIMWIT, DUNCE, DENSE, NINCOMPOOP, STUPID, FOOLISH, CHILDISH, ...

Trump ramps up attacks on Powell, demands ‘loser’ Fed chair lower rates ‘NOW’

Priceless Having to apologise to Mickey Mouse "Sachs described the result as a list of tariffs calculated on a country-by-country basis, an approach he deemed utterly senseless. “You cannot make this stuff up,” he said. “This used to be not a ...

First shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy

Burnt their bridges with China. Who else can we exploit for cheap labour? Oh yes, there's India. Lots of ppl. Except India already has loads of trade deals with other countries. Enter stage left, the bully boy.... if anyone does trade with India we ...

Vance set to visit India for bilateral talks on economic, trade and geopolitical ties

Will someone please kindly tell Vance that it's HOT in India? If no-one tells him, he won't know, just like he didn't know it was "shit" cold in Greenland, cos no-one told him. Can hardly wait for the next faux pas.

Vance set to visit India for bilateral talks on economic, trade and geopolitical ties

Been waiting for that artificially high start. Thought consumer spending would do the trick last week but nope. Got a few pending sell orders up north but they just sitting there quietly waiting for the moment. Market was way more interested in what ...

First shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy

Q1 Earnings season is likely to be sour, even for the MAG7. And forward guidance much worse. Uncertainty and instability equals limbo land, lack of investment, repositioning of assets to more stable predictable and business friendly sources.

First shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy

Nobody is going to come to America and build in America when they can get equivalent products sourced elsewhere for half the price. Of course business execs are thumping on your door, bec even they can see how stupid this is and how much it is going ...

Trump: Many world leaders and business executives have come to me asking for relief from...

I'm sure Boeing are thrilled to bits to have all their super expensive jets being returned to the US and no buyers url

How could Trump's trade war with China end

Not quite. The opposite in fact. url

Why everyone is suddenly so interested in US bond markets

Badly, for the US.

How could Trump's trade war with China end

More inclined to think that train has already left the station. The passengers are bailing. They can see a derailment wreck coming.

Preserving the global safe asset status of US Treasuries and the US dollar is in everyone's...

What a great article. So well written, well articulated and well evidenced. "Even if the Trump administration reverses on tariffs again, the damage is done. Trust is broken and won’t be easily restored." "When nobody knows what policy is going to be ...

Kiss of Death

So much for boasting about having this conflict resolved on Day One. And now the reality check kicks in, (Ukraine has it's own opinion and viewpoint, won't let you "gift" Ukraine to Putin), so now you wanna pass. No surprises there. Bye bye. You ...

Trump: Ukraine deal needs to be done shortly and quickly