Countries with trade imbalances, including Japan, Ukraine, and South Africa, are pursuing long-term deals to buy American liquefied natural gas, hoping to avoid U.S. tariffs or secure political goodwill. U.S. gas investments are surging, with major companies considering projects such as a $44 billion Alaska pipeline and an Abu Dhabi-backed expansion in production. Read the … Read More

In contrast to Canada, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has been much less public with her appeals to Trump on the tariffs, and much quieter about the possible retaliation. Mexico still has yet to lay out how it will retaliate to the initial round of tariffs Trump imposed over concerns about fentanyl entering the country, or … Read More

The European Union was probably mistaken in targeting American whiskey in its riposte to U.S. tariffs, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Sunday, calling for talks to avoid more damaging duties on France’s cognac industry. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a 200% tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products … Read More

Vice President JD Vance defended President Trump’s tariff approach on Friday, saying the US government needs to “fight back” against countries like China who use “literal slaves” in their factories to make cheap goods. The VP, an Ohio native, noted his rural American background as he spoke at a plastics factory in Michigan, speaking to … Read More

“When a country pours over a trillion dollars in state subsidies to lower the cost of production and manipulates its currency to lower the price of its goods, as China has for years, the system will break. “If we fail to recognise what has brought us to this current moment in history, we will have … Read More

“I can already feel the push for protective tariffs to keep out foreign products competing with domestic production. I’m very, very wary of something like that because I find that Australia has done well by having very low trade barriers. So that’s why I think maintaining competitiveness is important, and I would strongly caution against … Read More

Two bills aimed at protecting the beleaguered U.S. shrimp industry have been introduced in the current U.S. Congress: one in the House yesterday and one in the Senate on February 20, 2025. Both bills would restrain imports from foreign suppliers using different tools. The Senate bill—the text of which is currently unavailable—would tighten federal inspection … Read More

The integration of tariffs into US economic policy represents a long-term shift rather than a temporary adjustment. The global economic landscape, once defined by increasing trade liberalisation, is now entering an era of selective protectionism, where national interests drive policy decisions more aggressively than in past decades. Investors who recognise this shift and adapt their … Read More

World leaders from New Delhi to Brussels facing tariffs from President Donald Trump’s administration are watching Canada to get a preview of what happens when you hit back. Canadian officials have gone hostile in their responses to Trump’s trade war. Ontario Premier Doug Ford slapped a 25% charge on electricity exports to make power more … Read More

An Ontario ice cream manufacturer is freezing its prices, a response to the U.S. trade war it says is the greatest threat to Canada’s sovereignty since the Second World War.  Chapman’s Ice Cream, the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in the country, is vowing not to increase prices for customers for the remainder of 2025 as U.S. … Read More