In a new era of gloves-off trade negotiations, poorer countries had the least leverage with a country the size of the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs are ready to launch. Last week, Trump signed executive orders slapping tariffs of between 10% and 41% on a range of countries, but delayed their start date until Aug.

PM: Trump says he’ll see Putin without Russian president’s promise to meet Zelensky President Donald Trump said Thursday he’ll meet one-on-one with Vladimir Putin without requiring the Russian president to do the same with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

The White House plans to clarify what its official called misinformation about import tariffs for gold bars amid uncertainty, which saw some industry players pausing deliveries of bullion to the United States.

Switzerland is continuing discussions with the United States about reducing potentially crippling import duties, its government said on Friday, as the country's gold industry warned exports of gold bars to the U.

Global financial markets are reacting to President Donald Trump's tariff adjustments. Markets rose across much of Europe and Asia, while stocks are slipping on Wall Street.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs finally took effect on Thursday, slapping levies on dozens of countries and risking price increases for a host of everyday goods. Tariffs between 10% and 41% were applied to nearly 70 countries beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, significantly expanding the reach of Trump’s confrontational trade policy.

The US is working to finalize an announcement that would end the stacking of universal tariffs on Japanese goods, a senior Trump administration official said Friday.

Japan has been seeking clarification, as a lack of written confirmation of the deal it struck with the U.S. last month has led to confusion over whether President Donald Trump's tariffs that took effect on Thursday will be stacked on top of existing levies.

The U.S. government on Thursday promised to amend a presidential executive order to remove overlapping tariffs on Japanese goods, Tokyo's trade negotiator said, after talks in Washington to fix what he called a "regrettable" error.