US President Donald Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday to complain after a report that the retail giant was planning to detail the cost of trade tariffs to its customers. Amazon said it had looked into itemising the impact for shoppers using Amazon Haul, a low-cost site it launched in the US last […]
President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that will walk back some tariffs for carmakers, administration officials said, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others have complained would backfire on U.S. manufacturing by raising the cost of production and squeezing their profits. The changes will modify Mr. Trump’s tariffs so that […]
President Trump has expressed little interest in fighting climate change. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in a bid to undermine environmental rules. Yet even as he works to accelerate oil and gas production, Mr. Trump’s economic approach may inadvertently reduce greenhouse gas […]
Apr 29, 2025, 01:43 PM ET Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano reminisced on Barcelona’s historic 6-1 comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the 2017 Champions League round of 16, using that night’s example to inspire his players as they get read to face the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday in the second leg of the […]
The global significance of Mark Carney’s election as Canadian Prime Minister is he now sits at the centre of an alternative pole of global economic thinking. Everything but Trump. There was a half expectation here that Carney would immediately sue for peace with President Trump when the polls closed on the election. It has emphatically […]
The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record lows, while rates of new hiring were slow but steady, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. The numbers from last month are a snapshot of the state of the U.S. economy and labor […]
Apr 29, 2025, 11:52 AM ET Minnesota United FC on Tuesday announced the signing of MLS veteran Julian Gressel off waivers. Gressel will be under contract with the MLS club through December 2026, with a club option for 2027 after Inter Miami waived Gressel. “I’m really excited to be here at Minnesota United and to […]
Faisal Islam Economics editor, BBC News Reporting fromOttawa, Ontario Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Will Canada’s newly-elected PM agree to meet Trump? Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his country deserves respect from the US and will only enter trade and security talks with President Donald Trump “on our terms”. Speaking exclusively to […]
Spain and Portugal have regained access to electricity after one of Europe’s worst blackouts paralysed transport systems, disrupted mobile communications and postponed medical procedures. For almost a day from Monday to early on Tuesday, tens of millions of people were plunged into darkness. In major cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, people were trapped in […]
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pledged to quickly bring down prices for American households, including making housing more affordable. “We’re going to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction,” Mr. Trump said in August. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t afford what’s […]