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TRUMP TARIFFS ARE “NEGOTIATING STRATEGY,” TREASURY CHIEF SCOTT BESSENT SUGGESTS AS PAUSE ANNOUNCED
The sweeping tariffs President Trump announced last week were a "negotiating strategy," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Wednesday as the president announced a 90-day pause on most of those tariffs.
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DONALD TRUMP’S TARIFFS IN BRIEF: UNIVERSAL LEVIES AND TARGETED RETALIATION
Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on US imports on Wednesday, taking the global economy into a new era of trade competition
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STATEMENT BY IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA
Washington, DC: Today, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva issued the following statement on yesterday’s announcement of U.S. tariffs: “We are still assessing the macroeconomic implications of the announced tariff measures,…
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SRI LANKA’S NO. 1 EXPORT TO THE US FACES A POTENTIAL 20% HIT UNDER TARIFFS
On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States
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AMERICAN CONSUMERS SET TO BE THE BIGGEST LOSERS IN TRUMP’S TRADE WARS
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced
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EU HAS ‘STRONG PLAN’ TO HIT BACK AT US TARIFFS IF NEEDED, EU CHIEF SAYS
The European Union has a "strong plan" to retaliate against tariffs imposed, and set to be imposed
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WHAT TRUMP’S TARIFFS MEAN FOR MARKETS
Major stock indexes fell in volatile trade on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite index at one point down 10% from its December
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ARAB LEADERS GATHER TO DISCUSS POSTWAR GAZA PROPOSAL TO COUNTER TRUMP’S ‘RIVIERA’ PLAN
Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s
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SRI LANKA’S BUDGET LIKELY TO LEAD TO SLOWER FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, MOODY’S SAYS
Reuters – February 18, 2025 Sri Lanka’s budgeted expenditure for 2025 will likely lead to a wider fiscal deficit and slower-than-expected fiscal consolidation, Moody’s Ratings said on Tuesday, a day after…
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DISSANAYAKE GOVT UNVEILS FIRST BUDGET, EYES 5% GROWTH FOR SRI LANKA IN 2025
Business Standard – Feb 17 2025 The Sri Lankan economy is expected to grow at 5 per cent in 2025, President Anura Dissanayake said Monday while presenting the budget for…
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