Trade & Geopolitics - The US is extending punitive tariff threats beyond trade into areas like war and energy supplies [1] - The US is increasing pressure on countries to comply with its demands on various issues [1]

Lula’s defiant response to Trump’s 50% tariff threat was validated Wednesday — at least in the short term — with Brazilian markets and businesses breathing a collective sigh of relief at the long list of exemptions to the levies https://t.co/wZR8AZALsj ...

Trump’s 25% tariff on Indian exports from August 1 is expected to hurt a spate of sectors — from makers of electronics and generic drugs to jewelry and auto component firms https://t.co/caHsHRwhLu ...

The president finalized that national security investigation and said copper tariffs will move to 50% beginning on Friday. This is pretty sweeping. It's going to cover all semi-finish products as well as some derivative products as well.And within 90 days, he says in the executive order he could expand it further to include even more derivative products. We saw major moves in copper contracts. Tomorrow's copper contracts, given that markets are closed for today, down 18% at one point.The last time it saw a ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US and China officially agree to extend 90-day tariff pause. https://t.co/TjfFI2h0Gf ...

US companies up against 'nightmare' tariff wall https://t.co/i9vJesZkLz ...

You said you were going to set essentially a tariff for the rest of the the the world. >> For the world. >> What percent will that tariff be.>> I would say it'll be somewhere in the 15 to 20% range. >> So maybe 15 or 20 or >> No, I said, you know, I sort of know, but I just want to be nice. I would say in the range of 15 to 20%.Probably one of those two numbers. ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US and China agree to extend tariff pause by another 90 days. ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸China and U.S. to extend tariff pause by another 90 days ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Trump says he’ll use tariff revenue to send Americans rebate checksRemember what happened to Bitcoin after the 2020 stimulus? 👀 https://t.co/MN9SOWUled ...