The uncertainty regarding this weekend's tariff talks between the USA and China was noticeable on Wall Street – and after a volatile day, the prices pointed downwards at closing.
BusinessOver the weekend, the USA and China will sit down at the negotiating table in Switzerland. President Donald Trump is now signaling continued high tariffs, but still lower than today. "80 percent tariffs against China seem right", Trump writes on Truth Social.
BusinessUkraine's parliament has unanimously approved the mineral agreement, says the country's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Svyrydenko.
ConflictsThe US Finance Minister Scott Bessent and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng are to meet in Switzerland later this week to discuss trade, announced Washington and Beijing in separate statements.
BusinessMinister for Finance Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party) believes that the EU should respond forcefully to the US trade war. It's about taking as directed and proportionate countermeasures as possible, which can harm the American economy, she says.
BusinessThe Japanese government's chief negotiator Ryosei Akazawa hopes to reach a trade agreement with the Trump administration in June. This despite media reports of significant disagreement between the parties on the 25 percent US tariffs on Japanese vehicles.
BusinessThe President of the USA, Donald Trump, signs a decree so that the pen glows. The country's rapid swing affects the climate and environmental work. The scope and pace are enormous, but all of this is things that Trump said he would do, says researcher Katherine Browne. Here are eleven important points.
SwedenChina is considering whether to initiate talks with the USA on trade between the countries, announces the country's Trade Department in a release overnight to Friday.
BusinessMore in Scott Bessent
Page 2 of 4. Older stories are on the next page.
