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Today — 7 April 2025Main stream

Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge

The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Bankers, executives and traders said this weekend that they felt flashbacks to the global financial crisis that began in 2007.

Trump, Tariffs and Carney: Canada Polls Show Liberals With Early Election Lift

6 April 2025 at 22:55
The Liberal Party, which not long ago seemed destined to crash in federal elections under Justin Trudeau, is experiencing a reversal of fortune. Here’s what a close review of polls shows.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Support signs for the Liberal Party of Canada, in the windows of a house in the community of Manotick, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowback

By: Tony Romm
6 April 2025 at 23:47
The president’s top advisers acknowledged President Trump’s sweeping tariffs could raise prices but said an economic adjustment that would ultimately benefit American workers was overdue.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent waits in the Rose Garden before President Trump makes remarks and signs tariffs at the White House, on Wednesday.
Yesterday — 6 April 2025Main stream

Trump’s Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal

6 April 2025 at 17:01
Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump on Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden, where he announced a sweeping list of tariffs on more than 100 countries.

Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs

6 April 2025 at 17:01
President Trump vowed to aid entrepreneurs by reducing taxes and slicing red tape. But some owners say other policies have put them at a disadvantage.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Ben Coryell, owner of Golden Mountain Guides in Colorado, is concerned about how long his business can continue to offer climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions.

For Republicans, Tariffs Pose a Risk Like No Other

By: Nate Cohn
6 April 2025 at 17:01
Trump’s political strength is built on the economy. If it sinks, he could drag his party down with him.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The fallout from tariffs could obscure the popular elements of the Trump agenda.

After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up

6 April 2025 at 06:16
The internet poked fun at the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica where many penguins but no people live.

© Matt Curnock/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division shows a group of King penguins standing on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island.

British Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Pauses Shipments to U.S.

6 April 2025 at 00:25
The luxury automaker, which faces 25 percent import tariffs, said it was halting shipments in April as it addresses the new trading terms.

© Adam Vaughan/EPA, via Shutterstock

New vehicles at the Jaguar Land Rover plant near Liverpool, England.

Musk Says He Hopes Europe and U.S. Move to a ‘Zero-Tariff Situation’

6 April 2025 at 03:26
The billionaire adviser to the Trump administration appeared to part ways with the president in a videoconference appearance with Italy’s far-right League party.

© Jamie Kelter Davis

Elon Musk speaking last week in Green Bay, Wis., during an America PAC town hall.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump’s Tariffs

5 April 2025 at 17:03
The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous.

© Roberta Ciuccio/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A worker folds jeans at textile factory in Maseru, Lesotho. The textile industry is the country’s largest private employer and produces its top export.

Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them.

5 April 2025 at 17:02
President Trump’s tariffs are scrambling the Republican plan for the economy, long centered on tax cuts and growth.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump has argued that tariffs are not taxes on U.S. consumers, but rather on foreign companies that will have to lower their prices to maintain access to the U.S. market.

The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time

5 April 2025 at 17:03
With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

“It is too soon to say what will be the appropriate path for monetary policy,” Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said Friday.

How Tariffs Are Hitting Digital Commerce Companies

5 April 2025 at 07:02
These businesses, including e-commerce platforms and payment processors, are pulling back on public offering plans and bracing for pain.

© Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters

Klarna, the digital payments company, has paused its initial public offering plans after President Trump announced sweeping new tariffs.

Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump’s Tariffs

5 April 2025 at 17:03
The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous.

© Roberta Ciuccio/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A worker folds jeans at textile factory in Maseru, Lesotho. The textile industry is the country’s largest private employer and produces its top export.

Trump Treats European Allies as a Cash Cow

5 April 2025 at 17:03
President Trump has shown a willingness to fracture the trans-Atlantic alliance with his tariffs and demands for higher military spending.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Trump’s antagonism toward Europe has been public for decades.

Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump’s Tariffs List

Swiss companies bemoan the loss of a reliable partner, and called the 32 percent tariff “incomprehensible.”

© Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Switzerland, known for neutrality, chocolates and watches, recently scrapped all industrial tariffs — including on U.S. goods.
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