Did U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder? Extensive quotes from the president in a key filing may change the legal calculus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/08/economy/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-strategic-blunder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #globaleconomy
The U.S. Supreme Court's tough questioning of President Donald Trump's global tariffs fueled increased speculation that they will be struck down, but it also raised the specter of additional chaos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/07/economy/trump-tariff-supreme-court-uncertainty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #republicans #globaleconomy
A dilemma is sinking in with companies, foreign trade ministries, trade lawyers and economists as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of Trump's global tariffs, with arguments set for Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/economy/us-supreme-court-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #globaleconomy #trade
Bill Gates has shifted his stance on climate change, advocating for a focus on adapting to a warmer world rather than aggressively pursuing emissions reduction, giving ammunition to climate change opponents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/02/gates-wrong-to-quit-climate-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #billgates #climatechange #carbonemissions #greenenergy #globaleconomy #poverty
Facing deepening fractures in the global trade order, Asia-Pacific leaders adopted a joint declaration that emphasized the need for resilience and shared benefits in trade at the end of the annual APEC summit Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/asia-pacific/politics/apec-summit-trade-wrapup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #indopacific #southkorea #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump #us #china #leejaemyung #xijinping #globaleconomy
Despite all the enthusiasm for AI, the signal from bond markets suggests that investors are unconvinced that the technology will generate sustained or widespread growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/what-the-markets-really-think-about-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #openai #google #anthropic #deepseek #markets #globaleconomy
U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asia-trip-xi-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #us #china #xijinping #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #taiwan #globaleconomy
A slate of economists from across the political spectrum urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn most of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying they’re based on misconceptions about the global economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/25/economy/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-panned/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #supremecourt #janetyellen #benbernanke #federalreserve #donaldtrump #globaleconomy #tariffs #trade
The U.S. risks economic decline as political polarization, attacks on immigration and a new cultural aversion to risk erode the foundations of its past innovation and growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/20/world/economics-nobel-prize-has-a-us-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nobelprize #us #donaldtrump #joelmokyr #philippeaghion #peterhowitt #globaleconomy #awards
President Donald Trump listed rare earths, fentanyl, soybeans and Taiwan as the U.S.’s top issues with China, underlining the divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle during their meeting set for next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-trade-taiwan-apec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinpng #apec #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump said his proposed 100% tariff on goods from China would not be sustainable, but blamed Beijing for the latest impasse in trade talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/18/economy/trump-china-tariffs-unsustainable/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy
America fostered the island’s rise. It’s unclear what happens when the superpower goes missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/14/world/singapore-and-a-us-led-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #singapore #singaporeaneconomy #us #indopacific #globaleconomy #ussingaporeanrelations
The global economy faces mixed prospects, with advanced countries struggling under debt and aging populations, while emerging markets show growing signs of strain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/14/world/is-the-global-economy-resiliant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #globaleconomy #useconomy #chineseeconomy #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration signaled openness Sunday to a deal with China to quell fresh trade tensions while also warning that recent export controls announced by Beijing were a major barrier to talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/13/economy/us-china-deal-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #jdvance #xijinping #trade #tariffs #rareearths #globaleconomy
The world economy battles massive U.S. tariffs while American consumers continued to spend, companies absorbed higher costs and an AI boom fueled fear of a bubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/13/economy/world-economy-tariffs-ai-debt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #markets #economy #globaleconomy #economicindicators #ai #tech #debt #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans
China has called President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/economy/china-blames-us-trade-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #us #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #rareearths #xijinping #donaldtrump #globaleconomy
Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the U.S. doesn’t crack the Top 10. The tally needs to unfurl all the way to 66 before the world’s most valuable equity index shows up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/markets/us-global-stocks-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #globaleconomy #us #donaldtrump
Donald Trump’s preference to cut one-to-one deals has been the hallmark of his approach, but with the China trade truce seemingly teetering on collapse, the fragility of this has been laid bare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/economy/trump-dealmaking-china-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #rareearths #donaldtrump #xijinping #globaleconomy
Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials amid its trade war with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/china-chips-rare-earths-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chipmakers #computers #us #china #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #ai #donaldtrump #xijinping
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was raising tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing export controls in a reprisal to recently announced export limits by China on rare earth minerals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/trump-china-trade-levies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #uschinarelations #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #globaleconomy #trade #tariffs