Tariffs, another chaotic venture of the barely four-month-old Trump administration, are set to rollick every sector of the economy and nearly all the goods and services people use across the world. But tariffs could also cause the tech in your phone and other devices you use every day to stagnateContinue Reading
If you logged on to X or Bluesky this past week, you were likely swept up in the onslaught of posts about Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and the plunging stock market. And, if you follow the tech industry as closely as I do, you probably also noticed who wasn’t posting aboutContinue Reading
CLIMBDOWN In a spectacular climbdown Wednesday, Trump paused for 90 days tariffs of 20 per cent on the EU and even higher levies on other trade partners, including 24 per cent on Japan. But levies on China, which has retaliated with tariffs on US goods, were not only maintained butContinue Reading
As the United States’ wild tariff ride enters its second week, it’s still not quite clear how the global realignment of trade policy will affect car prices. What is guaranteed: Things are about to get even more complicated for electrified autos. Many of the most popular battery-electric and plug-in hybridContinue Reading
Trump administration officials have promoted the tariffs as a way to boost US manufacturing and create more high-paying jobs. But American small business owners painted a very different picture of the situation on TikTok. In one video, the founder of a trendy hair accessories brand rolled her eyes and explainedContinue Reading
Last weekend, A Minecraft Movie made $15 million in China in its opening weekend. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on the country, that success story might be the last of its kind, for a while at least. On Thursday, Trump announced 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, evenContinue Reading
President Trump’s tariffs are already coming for your sex tech. That and everything else. Dame, a sex products company, shared a post on Instagram announcing that it would start implementing a “Trump Tariff Surcharge.” An extra $5 will be added to the purchase of certain products while the company “figure[s]Continue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan state-backed bodies could over the next decade buy an extra US$200 billion from the United States and bump up the percentage of LNG it gets from the country by one-third to help narrow the trade deficit, the economy minister said on Thursday (Apr 10). Taiwan President Lai Ching-teContinue Reading
The tariff era will require a shift in how products are produced and reduced. Wiens says he has also been talking to workers at electronics recycling facilities and telling them not to harvest discarded products if they’re still working. “Hey, whatever you are going to shred, stop shredding it,” WiensContinue Reading
Louise Matsakis: Yes, that is an absolutely beautiful quote that I really want to put on a hat or a T-shirt or a bumper sticker. Just an absolutely incredible picture that Secretary Lutnick is painting there. There’s two basic camps within the Trump administration here, and I think that that’sContinue Reading
