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A screen showing stock prices at the end of the trading day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 4, 2025. World financial markets are continuing to react to reciprocal tariffs that US President Donald Trump implemented. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China trade war

My Take | The United States, not China, turns out to be the real bogeyman

The significance of Trump’s tariffs is that they have destroyed the credibility of America on which its global alliances have long depended.

Trade

Tariffs bring turmoil to US, Canada farm machinery manufacturers

Fame and celebrity

Meet comedian Katherine Ryan’s husband, Bobby Kootstra

Donald Trump

Trump says things ‘going very well’ after worst stock market drop in years

US president’s new tariffs lead to the biggest Dow wipeout since 2020.

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US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump drive in a golf cart at Trump National Doral Miami golf course in Doral, Florida on Thursday. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

From Guangdong to LA, tariff superstorm alters course of business expansions

Businesses rethink plans after Trump unleashes whirlwind of tariffs, and analysts say that while trade barriers might be overcome, others must ‘abandon wishful thinking’.

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Mexico

Mexico’s president welcomes being left off Trump’s tariffs list

Mexico excluded from President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on trading partners.

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Donald Trump

Canada hits US autos with 25% tariffs, mirroring Trump’s move

Canada was spared Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’, but new 25 per cent US tariffs on foreign-produced vehicles still took effect on Thursday.

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Stellantis’ Chrysler Windsor assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

As Trump decrees China’s ‘de minimis’ exemption dead, what’s the ‘bottom line’?

The order, likened to ‘closing a loophole’, could ‘significantly increase administrative and compliance costs’ for the US, and Chinese firms can still stay competitive, analysts say.

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Trade war

Video | World reacts to Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

The US president’s repeated threats about imposing tariffs have spurred waves of counter-threats and fears of a global trade war  

Currencies

Dollar weakens on concern Trump’s tariffs would batter US economy

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell as much as 1 per cent to the lowest since November, with the US dollar sliding sharply versus the yen and Swiss franc.

Nikkei 225 stock benchmark and the dollar-yen exchange rate on display outside a Tokyo brokerage on April 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters.
US-China trade war

Trump announces new US tariffs of at least 10% on all imports

US president’s repeated threat of tariffs has spurred waves of counter threats and fears of a global trade war.

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US President Donald Trump holds a “Foreign Trade Barriers” document as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

US trade office lays out Trump’s case against China as ‘Liberation Day’ nears

US’ annual report on global trade barriers, with a lengthy China section, presages reciprocal tariffs – and suggests stronger action down the line.

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United States

My Take | Once again, pointless sanctions are imposed on Hong Kong by America

Washington has neither moral nor legal standing to punish top officials, from the secretary for justice to a now retired commissioner of police.

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Trade

How one of the world’s largest auto suppliers prepares for ‘Trump tax’

Ontario-based Magna employs 170,000 employees in 28 countries, including 59 facilities in the United States, 50 in Canada, 33 in Mexico and 69 in China.

Assembly worker at the newly renovated Ford’s Assembly Plant in Chicago on June 24, 2019. Photo: AFP.
Food and Drinks

Vancouver cafe’s gluten-free Hong Kong treats bring back memories

At Saan Saan Cafe, Hong Kong milk tea, chicken wings and fish balls feature on a ‘very nostalgic’ menu catering to diners with dietary needs.

Menu items at Saan Saan Cafe in Vancouver. Photo: Saan Saan Cafe
US-China relations

Trump sorts out tariff details hours before ‘Liberation Day’ reveal

White House confirms that the tariffs will be implemented ‘immediately’ to end ‘decades of unfair trade practices’.

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China-Canada relations

Chinese-Canadian MP, focus of foreign interference probes, drops re-election bid

Han Dong, cleared of urging China to delay release of two detainees, had hoped to return to Liberal Party but caucus did not nominate him.

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China trade

Fresh US tariffs on China may be ‘too large to absorb, too conspicuous to dodge’

Donald Trump’s deadline for China report has arrived, ahead of his ‘Liberation Day’ to free US economy from what he sees as unfair practices.

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After US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he ordered a comprehensive review America’s trade policy, with a focus on China. Photo: TNS
Hong Kong society

Canadian MP quits election race amid Hong Kong activist bounty remark controversy

Paul Chiang apologises for ‘deplorable’ suggestion to turn election rival Joseph Tay over to Chinese consulate for HK$1 million bounty.

Donald Trump

World economies brace for Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff plans risk sparking global trade wars, with uncertain impacts on US industries and consumers.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on auto imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26. Photo: AFP
United States

Trump and Canada’s PM Carney ease tensions with ‘productive’ call

The US president says the two leaders have agreed to meet soon after Canada’s general election in April.

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The phone call was the first contact with US President Donald Trump (left) since Mark Carney (right) became Canadian prime minister. Photos: AFP
Donald Trump

Outside In | Outraged by Trump, Canada scrambles to define what makes a nation

Threatened with annexation, Canadians reluctant to be absorbed nevertheless find it hard to say what distinguishes them from Americans.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner’s ex-wife, former actress Sonni Pacheco

The Canadian appeared in minor roles in movies American Hustle and The Wingman, but has since moved on from the film industry to become a businesswoman and sculptor.

Donald Trump

Era of close ties with US ‘over’, Canada PM says, as Trump asks to talk

Mark Carney says he expects to speak to the US president in ‘a day or two’, and that Canada will retaliate against planned US car tariffs.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference on proposed US tariffs in Ottawa on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Pakistan

Pakistan’s Parsi community shrinks as young migrate

Many young and skilled Pakistanis want to leave a country wracked with political uncertainty, security challenges and a struggling economy.

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Garbage pickers sort waste strewn around the corner of the formerly clean and tidy Sohrab Katrak Parsi Colony, which was nearly deserted by its original inhabitants, in Karachi. Photo: AFP
Icons and Influencers

Meet Canada’s new first lady, economist and author Diana Fox Carney

Diana met her husband, new Canadian PM Mark Carney, at Oxford University, where they both played ice hockey – they now have 4 daughters and she is an economist who has spoken out against consumerism.

Donald Trump

Canada PM Carney calls Trump car tariffs a ‘direct attack’ on his country

The prime minister says his government will defend Canadian workers and companies, and the US president’s trade war is hurting Americans.

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