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The ultimatum given to Vladimir Putin by U.S. President Donald Trump has infuriated Russian propagandists. Russian war bloggers are also outraged. Donald Trump has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. He warned that if an agreement is not quickly reached, he would have no choice but to "put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries."

Outgoing left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Thursday that American consumers will pay more if and when President Donald Trump moves to apply sweeping tariffs on products from north of the border. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office earlier in the day he still plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico at 25 percent rates starting as soon as Feb. 1. Trump previously threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he took office but the tariffs weren’t applied on day one, as Breitbart News reported. The president is seeking assurances...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC on Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively. “If it’s a little inflationary but it’s good for national security, so be it. I mean, get over it,” Dimon said during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively. Despite fears that the duties could spark a global trade war and reignite inflation domestically,...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he was ‘not aware of any other genders’ in response to Trump’s order, but the federal government should mind its own business.

NATO’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning on Wednesday that Russia could expect more tariffs and sanctions if it did not end the war in Ukraine. “I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia. We know that the Russian economy is doing terribly bad[ly], and the sanctions will help,” he told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.” He expressed hopes that Europe will now also “step up” with sanctions in a bid to “choke off the Russian economy” and lessen Moscow’s...

Donald Trump has warned he will impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he said that by pushing to settle the war he was doing Russia and its president a "very big favour". Trump had previously said he would negotiate a settlement to Russia's full-scale invasion launched in February 2022, in a single day. Russia has not yet responded to the remarks, but senior officials have said in recent days that there is a small window of opportunity for Moscow to...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC on Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively. "If it's a little inflationary but it's good for national security, so be it. I mean, get over it," Dimon said during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Dimon: Trump's tariff policy is positive for national security so people should 'get over it' | 1:01CNBC Television | 2.93M subscribers | 1,399 views | January 22, 2025

United States President Donald Trump stated that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would be "well-off" to end the war in Ukraine, adding that "he is not doing too well" and that Russia lost one million troops. "I have to speak to President Putin, we're gonna have to find out," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office after signing executive orders. "Russia's bigger they have more soldiers to lose but that's no way to run a country," said Trump of Putin. "Zelensky wants to make a deal. I don't know if Putin does. He should make a deal. I think he's...

U.S. President Donald Trump will not impose his promised tariffs on Canada, Mexico or China on his first day in office, according to multiple U.S. reports, giving this country something of a reprieve, at least for now. Trump, who was sworn in as president just after noon on Monday, has been reviewing three options: a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, a 10 per cent tariff on goods from all countries or an escalating tariff that starts low and rises over time, according to Canadian officials. A Trump administration official confirmed to Reuters that the president will hold off...

Tariff talkIt's just a week away before President-elect Trump takes office, and many investors are talking about the policies that will be enacted under the new administration. The most controversial economic approach has clearly been tariffs, which may be leveled against China, Canada, Mexico, the EU, or other blocs and nations. Here's a rundown of what Team Trump is looking to get out of tariffs, and why they might be the best tool or bargaining chip to deal with everything from manufacturing and trade to the fiscal deficit. Agree? Disagree? Comment here. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "The truth is that...

One expert said, 'The agency name is more branding than substance' President-elect Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new "External Revenue Service" that would be tasked with collecting revenue from tariffs, but economists are pushing back and noting that U.S. importers bear the brunt of the cost of tariffs rather than firms overseas. "For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while taxing ourselves. It is time for that to...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while taxing ourselves. It is time for that to change. I am today announcing that I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources. We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share. January 20, 2025,...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday suggested that President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about Canada becoming America's “51st state” has distracted attention from the harm that steep tariffs would inflict on U.S. consumers. Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports. “The 51st state, that’s not going to happen," Trudeau said in an interview with MSNBC. “But people are talking about that, as opposed to talking about what impact 25% tariffs (has) on steel and aluminum coming into the United States." Trudeau told MSNBC: "No American wants to pay 25% more...

While Trump calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "Governor of America's 51st state" was intended as a joke, Trudeau is reportedly lobbying Trump to name him Governor of Canada. "Look, in Canada's parliamentary system I'm toast," the Prime Minister lamented. "Polls show the Liberal Party in third place with only 16% voter support. Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are at 45%. Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats are at 21%. The Atlantic Liberal caucus of my own Party is demanding my resignation." Atlantic caucus chair and Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois insisted "it is no longer tenable for Trudeau to continue to lead our...

President-elect Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term — and Mexico looks set to be at the tip of the spear.While many of Trump’s predecessors have also followed a “realist” strategy — that is, one in which relative power is at the forefront of international relations and diplomatic success is viewed through how it benefits one’s own nation — the incoming president has displayed an apparent unwillingness to consider the pain that his plans would inflict on targeted countries or the responses this will engender.Trump’s proposed policies...

Like much of the Mexican business world, Daniel Córdova finds himself grappling with an enormous variable looming across the American border: the imminent return of Donald J. Trump to the White House.Mr. Córdova oversees a factory outside the city of Monterrey that makes heating and air-conditioning units for Trane, an American company. The last time Mr. Trump was president, he unleashed a trade war against China that proved beneficial to Mexican industry. Companies that relied on Chinese factories to make goods for the American market shifted production to plants in Mexico to avoid Mr. Trump’s tariffs.That trend, known as “nearshoring,”...

Donald Trump is having the time of his life as he barrels toward a second term in the White House after crushing Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Naturally, Trump was already reveling in his own brand of humor and confidence long before any of this came to fruition. He epically trolled Kamala Harris by working a shift at McDonald's during the campaign. Then, when Joe Biden called Trump supporters garbage, he held a press conference from a garbage truck with the Trump 2024 campaign logo on it.Just yesterday, Trump trolled Canada once again, this time suggesting that hockey...

"I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform shortly after 1:08 a.m. ET.

The Central Bank has warned of the risks to the economy from the Trump administration imposing tariffs and tax changes which would affect US multinationals in Ireland. In its Quarterly Bulletin, the bank said any changes could affect employment in companies here, hit future investment decisions and corporation tax. “As the US is Ireland’s largest bilateral trade partner, the direct exposure of the economy and public finances to changes in US economic policy is material,” it said. It added Ireland was “particularly susceptible to changes in US policy”. It said there has been a dependence on the “substantial corporation tax...

What President Trump and the MAGA movement are doing with tariffs is not entirely original. In fact, it’s in line with tariff policy throughout history. President Trump and the MAGA movement recognize that the United States (and, frankly, the entire developed world) purchase too many imports from Mainland (Red) China, at the expense of their own domestic production. Tariffs are being used carefully and pointedly, to raise the cost of imported products so that people will buy less of them, and will instead buy from other sources — either manufacturers in countries other than China or domestic suppliers right here...