Washington: High drama on stock markets and tensions with China mixed with lighter fare for Donald Trump this week as he again dominated the news agenda for seven days. – Real pressure – Trump signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would …
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China Building World’s Highest Bridge, Will Cut Travel Time From 1 Hour To 1 Minute
China is set to open the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in June, a record-breaking structure spanning two miles across a massive canyon, according to The Metro. The 216 million pounds (Rs 2200 Crore) project will reduce travel time from one hour to just one minute. Towering over 200 meters higher …
Read More »China Raises Tariffs On US Goods To 125% As Trade War Worsens
New Delhi: China on Friday said it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent from 84 per cent, hours after President Xi Jinping urged the European Union to join hands with Beijing in resisting “unilateral bullying”, referring to the massive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The …
Read More »China Sends Proposal To Australia Amid Bitter Fight With US, Gets Rejected
Australia has declined China’s proposal to form an alliance against the United States’ tariffs, imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. The decision comes as Washington escalates its trade war with Beijing, imposing a 10 per cent import tax on Australian goods and significantly higher tariffs on Chinese products – 125 …
Read More »Donald Trump Announces 90-Day Pause On Tariffs For All Countries, Except China
Capping a day dominated by a back-and-forth between the US and China, Donald Trump on Wednesday made two major announcements on tariffs, giving all other countries a breather but doubling down on his tough stance on Beijing. After the US raised tariffs on China to 104%, Beijing retaliated, announcing that …
Read More »Trump’s Gamechanger – 125% Tariff On China, Levies On 75 Others “On Hold”
Washington: Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, which was meant to impose levies against all those who tariff US goods, has taken a fresh turn. It has evolved into a slugfest between China and the United States, with Washington now imposing a massive 125 per cent tax on all Chinese goods. Announcing …
Read More »China Raises Tariffs On US Goods To 84% After Trump’s 104% Move
China’s finance ministry has announced to impose 84 per cent tariffs on all US goods starting Thursday, up from the 34 per cent announced previously. The ministry said these new charges will get into effect from 12:01 CST (04:00 BST) on 10th April. The move comes after US President Donald …
Read More »Opinion: Opinion | Piyush Goyal’s Deep Tech ‘FOMO’ Is Not Unique
“Are we going to be happy being delivery boys and girls?” Commerce minister Piyush Goyal taunted the Indian startup industry at the 2025 edition of Startup Mahakumbh in New Delhi last week. At the annual jamboree organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade for industry upstarts, …
Read More »Donald Trump Raises Tariffs On China To 104%, Effective Today: White House
Washington: Donald Trump has followed through on his threat of “additional 50 per cent tariffs” on China starting Wednesday. The White House announced that this will make America’s new tariff on China an unprecedented 104 per cent. President Trump had given China 24 hours to roll back or “withdraw” the …
Read More »India, China Should Stand Together To Face US Tariffs: Chinese Official
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (File) New Delhi: India and China should stand together to overcome difficulties in the face of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India said on Tuesday. “China-India economic and trade relationship is …
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