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  • Why Trump decided to take the win and paused tariff war

    04/09/2025 11:58:22 PM PDT · by dennisw · 54 replies
    NY Post ^ | Published April 9, 2025 | By Charles Gasparino
    Donald Trump finally decided to take the proverbial “win” on trade and the stock market rallied nearly 3,000 points. You can thank the bond market, with an assist from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, for making it happen. We have been hyper-focused on how the stock market dropped ever since Trump declared trade war on the entire world, how he kept upping the ante, demanding ever higher degrees of compensation from our trade partners, even those who appeared to be acting in good faith and wanting to negotiate peace. He was also goaded by two of the most hawkish and protectionist...
  • Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs

    03/05/2025 11:28:54 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 1 replies
    cnbc ^ | Mar 5 20251:44 PM ES | Michael Wayland
    The White House on Wednesday announced a one-month tariff exemption for automakers after President Donald Trump spoke a day earlier with heads of General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis . Automakers have urged Trump to waive 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on vehicles that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rules of origin. “Reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on April 2, but at the request of the companies associated with USMCA, the president is giving them an exemption for one month so they are not at an economic disadvantage,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on behalf...