Throughout April 2025, global markets increasingly moved away from U.S. assets—notably the dollar and Treasury securities—amid escalating trade tensions and political instability. The announcement of sweeping tariffs on April 2 has intensified market volatility and raised concerns about the U.S. fiscal outlook. While some analysts, like...
Global markets have been unsettled by escalating trade tensions and cautious signals from the Federal Reserve. This past week, the U.S. escalated its trade war with China, as both countries traded blows over tariffs. On April 15, President Donald Trump ordered a national security investigation into America’s reliance on...
In a dramatic policy reversal on April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of newly imposed tariffs on numerous countries, citing positive responses from those nations. However, he simultaneously escalated economic pressure on China by increasing tariffs on Chinese imports to 125%, attributing the move to a...
On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on nearly all U.S. imports, including a 10% blanket tariff effective April 5. Targeting America's major trade partners, he also introduced "reciprocal" tariffs: raising total tariffs on Chinese goods to over 60%, imposing 20% on the EU, 24% on Japan, and 10% on the U.K. These...
