Natasha Solo-Lyons

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Xi Jinping’s decision to stand his ground against Donald Trump paid dividends to the Chinese leader Monday. After two days of high-stakes talks in Switzerland, trade negotiators from the world’s biggest economies announced a massive if temporary de-escalation of tariffs, with the US slashing duties on Chinese products to 30% from 145% and Beijing dropping its levy on most goods to 10%.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Ford Motor Co. became the latest big name to warn that President Donald Trump’s trade war is about to do significant damage at home. The iconic US company said it suspended its full-year financial guidance, pinning the blame in part on auto tariffs. Ford said it expects Trump’s levies to reduce 2025 adjusted earnings before interest and taxes by about $1.5 billion on a net basis this year.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

9 hours agoTarget makes bold move and customers are furiousTarget is making a change and shoppers aren’t happy about it. At first, many shoppers thought it was just their store. Self-checkout stations were …6 hours agoAnalysis | Trump is making foreign liberals, free trade and immigrants great againThe thermostatic Trump effect is back in a big way as Americans move against Trumpism on several fronts.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Donald Trump sent the US stock market plummeting again, this time with social media snark and derisive playground nicknames aimed at the Chair of the US Federal Reserve. The president, under increasing pressure for singlehandedly destabilizing global markets with his trade war, has turned his attention to interest rates in a bid to avoid what economists increasingly fear is a recession dead ahead.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

The market chaos unleashed by Donald Trump’s trade war continued for a third day as stocks, bonds and commodities all swung wildly, buffeted by both fears of a recession and speculation the financial damage will drive the Republican president to change course.