The US took steps to impose levies on Chinese ships that dock at US ports, escalating the trade war between the world's two largest economies. On Thursday, President Trump struck an optimistic tone about negotiations with China,

The company had delayed pre-orders for its highly anticipated new console to evaluate the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Despite Trump's tariffs, Nintendo says it's keeping the Switch 2 at $449, for now at least. However, the company plans to raise prices for accessories.

Donald Trump is showing why independent central banks are a good idea. The president’s double tirade against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday conjured another dark cloud over financial markets and an economy repeatedly traumatized by his tariff and trade-war chaos.

Trump's comments further pointed to a diminished appetite for sharply higher across-the-board tariffs on dozens of countries after markets reacted violently to their introduction on April 2.

Trump tariffs in 2016 sent a glut of cheap Chinese imports, originally intended for the US, into South East Asia, hurting many local manufacturers. But they also opened new doors for other businesses, often into global supply chains that wanted to cut their dependence on China.

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