First Tesla Inc. surged. Then SpaceX became the world’s most valuable tech startup and xAI nearly doubled its valuation before looking to do it again. Now, X is looking to join Elon Musk’s other companies in leveraging the billionaire’s unprecedented political power.

Innerhalb weniger Tage hat die US-Regierung unter Donald Trump auch geopolitische Schockwellen durch Europa geschickt. Rund um die Frage des russischen Angriffskriegs holten die USA den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin zurück aufs Verhandlungsparkett. Ihre europäischen Verbündeten schickten sie dafür an die Seitenlinie und stellten zugleich das Bündnis in seiner Gesamtheit infrage. Die Rede von einer neuen Weltordnung scheint plötzlich nicht mehr weit hergeholt.

US President Donald Trump said it would be possible to reach a fresh trade deal with China, signaling he is open to heading off a brewing trade fight between Washington and Beijing.

President Donald Trump said he would likely impose tariffs on automobile, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, with an announcement coming as soon as April 2 in a move that would represent a dramatic widening of the president’s trade war.

President Donald Trump said he’s open to allowing Europe to buy US-made weapons to give to Ukraine, the latest twist as his administration looks to negotiate an end to the war.

After promising to unleash “the big one,” President Donald Trump signed a measure Feb. 13 directing his administration to propose a round of so-called reciprocal tariffs that could remodel America’s trading relationship with the world. If exports from a multitude of countries to the world’s biggest economy end up being taxed more heavily, there’s a risk of higher inflation in the US and slower economic activity everywhere else. Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, sai

Faster inflation in the US could end up being good news for financial markets because it will force President Donald Trump to opt for smaller trade tariffs, according to strategists at Bank of America Corp.

President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider imposing reciprocal tariffs on numerous trading partners, raising the prospect of a wider campaign against a global system he complains is tilted against the US.

President Donald Trump said he would announce a plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on Thursday, though the duties will not take effect immediately, the latest example of brinkmanship from the president against US trading partners.

President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to start negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, sweeping aside three years of US policy and blindsiding European allies who feared the more conciliatory American stance amounted to a giveaway to the Russian leader.

Gold rose to a record after US President Donald Trump said he would announce tariffs on steel and aluminum imports Monday, adding to increasing uncertainty in global financial markets.

Twists and turns across the US stock market this year from tariff threats to DeepSeek’s AI spook have done little to shake investors’ happy-go-lucky attitude toward American equities, a potential contrarian signal for traders.

Prioritizing trade wars over tax cuts and deportations creates risks for the economy in 2025.

President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.

Germany’s goods-trade surplus with the US hit a new high last year, a development that’s likely to irk President Donald Trump just as he threatens tariffs on Europe.

The early days of Donald Trump’s trade war have been marked by a flurry of advances and retreats, forcing traders to adapt by increasingly making bets that are more conservative than usual or easily reversed.

Citigroup Inc. expects gold prices to hit a record $3,000 an ounce within three months, with geopolitical tensions and trade wars stoked by US President Donald Trump boosting demand for safe-haven assets.

On this episode of In the City, we look at how the Republican’s unpredictability is a problem for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Aides to President Donald Trump sought to tone down his idea of depopulating and taking over Gaza after his suggestion that the US would “own” the war-ravaged territory was welcomed in Israel but widely condemned elsewhere.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s focus with regard to bringing down borrowing costs is 10-year Treasury yields, rather than the Federal Reserve’s benchmark short-term interest rate.

Almost every day since the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline was completed in May, a tanker laden with oil sands crude shipped through the line has passed under Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge en route to refineries around the Pacific.

Gold climbed to a fresh record high, as trade-war worries bolstered haven demand and there were continued signs of short-term tightness in the market.

The European Union is preparing for a transatlantic trade fight, but US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay broad tariffs on Mexico and Canada this week has bolstered confidence in the bloc that it will be able to negotiate an acceptable outcome.

President Donald Trump agreed to delay 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month after both US neighbors agreed to take tougher measures to combat migration and drug trafficking at the border, warding off a continental trade war for now.

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After weeks of threats, a North American trade war has erupted. Businesses and investors are bracing for the fallout.

US President Donald Trump said he will “definitely” place new tariffs on the European Union, reiterating complaints about the US trade deficit with the bloc and what he sees as insufficient EU imports of American cars and agricultural products.

Im Zollstreit zwischen den USA und Mexiko scheint vorerst eine Lösung gefunden: US-Präsident Donald Trump setzt die angedrohten Importzölle einen Monat lang gleich wieder aus. Dafür schickt Mexiko 10.000 Soldaten an die Grenze zu den USA. Der Anlass, so Mexikos Präsidentin Claudia Sheinbaum: der Kampf gegen den Drogenschmuggel.