U.S. economic growth in 2025 exceeded expectations, and tax cuts, corporate incentives, lower interest rates and clearer trade policy support cautious optimism for 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/31/world/reasons-to-be-optimistic-on-2026-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #useconomy #donaldtrump #tariffs #2026outlook
New Year's Eve revelers will toast the end of 2025 on Wednesday, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/2025-trump-truces-turmoil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #2026winterolympics #russiaukrainewar #space #israelhamaswar #australia #massshootings
Cory Doctorow
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"there is a better way to respond to #tariffs. Tit-for-tat tariffs are a 19th-century tactic, & we live in a 21st-century world—a world where the most profitable lines of #business of the most profitable #US companies are all vulnerable to a simple #legal change that will make things cheaper for billions of people, all over the #world, including in the US, at the expense of the companies whose CEOs posed w/ #Trump on the inaugural dais."
- @pluralistic
https://www.wired.com/story/us-trade-dominance-will-begin-to-crack/
"there is a better way to respond to #tariffs. Tit-for-tat tariffs are a 19th-century tactic, & we live in a 21st-century world—a world where the most profitable lines of #business of the most profitable #US companies are all vulnerable to a simple #legal change that will make things cheaper for billions of people, all over the #world, including in the US, at the expense of the companies whose CEOs posed w/ #Trump on the inaugural dais."
- @pluralistic
https://www.wired.com/story/us-trade-dominance-will-begin-to-crack/
In the new global economy that emerges over the longer term following the return to the White House of U.S. President Donald Trump, America will have lost its hegemony. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/trump-american-hegemony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #deportations #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #congress #republicans #democrats #artificialintelligence #congress
The U.S. has accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector, but is holding off on imposing additional tariffs on chip imports until at least mid-2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/tech/us-hold-off-china-chip-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #uschinarelations #us #china #tech #chipmakers #tariffs #trade
Some assume China’s trade war with the United States would cut emissions by shifting production abroad, but it has instead raised carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/world/trade-wars-are-planet-destroying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #tariffs #trade #pollution #carbonemissions #climatechange #us
Japan and the U.S. held a second consultation meeting on Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge, with both Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/550-billion-consultation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
U.S. President Donald Trump shook up global trade this year. Here’s what to look out for in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/trump-global-trade-2026-outlook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #trade #tariffs #economicindicators #globaleconomy
Indonesia and the U.S. have agreed on all substantial issues related to a tariff deal, paving the way for the signing of an agreement at the end of January, Indonesia's chief negotiator has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/economy/indonesia-us-tariff-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #indonesia #us #trade #tariffs #southeastasia #donaldtrump
bhaugen
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"Make no mistake: Trump wasn’t president because of his policies, his qualifications, or even primarily because of his base. He was president because America’s wealthiest class funded his rise, protected his power, and enabled his worst instincts, at least so long as he delivered the goods."
~ Thom Hartmann
#Trump #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #tariffs #dolls #pencils #ApprovalRating #ballroom
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https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-5-powered-by-plutocrats
Cory Doctorow
boosted
Absolutely scathing and smart critique of what’s going on in the US right now by @pluralistic (as always). Definitely worth your time to read. #enshittification #trump #tariffs https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/#disenshittification-nations
Absolutely scathing and smart critique of what’s going on in the US right now by @pluralistic (as always). Definitely worth your time to read. #enshittification #trump #tariffs https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/#disenshittification-nations
A U.S.-Japan consultation panel held its first meeting to consider initial projects for a $550 billion investment pledge that is a pillar of the two countries’ trade deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/us-japan-panel-investment-projects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #usjapanrelations #investments #tariffs #donaldtrump #howardlutnick
Andrew Eggar asks why the Democrats aren't going all-in about the tariff issue.
> Time To Twist the Knife on #Tariffs. https://www.thebulwark.com/i/181889826/time-to-twist-the-knife-on-tariffs
Which is a good question. But I think the answer is simple: most people don't understand tariffs and, at the same time, don't like being lectured.
But that's also exactly why we have this mess! Because the Administration doesn't understand tariffs either!
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Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge might fall short of U.S. President Donald Trump’s hopes and Tokyo’s worst fears as negotiations over implementation continue and Japan focuses on the fine print of the agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/economy/550-billion-pledge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
"Make no mistake: Trump wasn’t president because of his policies, his qualifications, or even primarily because of his base. He was president because America’s wealthiest class funded his rise, protected his power, and enabled his worst instincts, at least so long as he delivered the goods."
~ Thom Hartmann
#Trump #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #tariffs #dolls #pencils #ApprovalRating #ballroom
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https://hartmannreport.com/p/chapter-5-powered-by-plutocrats
"Which is amazing when he himself is plating everything he can in the White House in gold and building a 200, you know, actually it's now 300 or 400 million dollar glorious ballroom. And at the same time, lecturing people that they've never had it better. I don't think any of that seems to be working."
#Trump #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #tariffs #dolls #pencils #ApprovalRating #ballroom
/13
"The highlights from that speech are just... I mean, he's telling people you're doing better than you've ever done. Again, going back to you don't need 37 dolls, you know, two or three are nice. You know, school kids, children just need a few pencils, not a whole box of them."
~ Joe Trippi
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-is-weaving-right-into-an-oncoming
#Trump #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #tariffs #dolls #pencils #ApprovalRating #ballroom
/12
"Same dollar. Five commitments. Zero proof. Zero possibility. ...
The 'tariff shelf' is a prop. Trillions are fiction. Promises are illusions."
#Trump #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #tariffs #dolls #pencils #ApprovalRating #ballroom
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