Trump, EU announce trade deal
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Dutch healthcare technology company Philips on Tuesday lowered its estimated impact from import tariffs after the U.S. and the European Union agreed to the United States imposing a 15% rate on most EU goods.
The 15% tariff would be lower than previously threatened, but it would remain a high duty on America’s largest trading partner.
Donald Trump and European Union leaders meeting in Scotland have agreed a trade deal, ending a standoff between two of the world's biggest economic partners. Ahead of Trump’s delayed tariff deadline of Aug.
The dollar's surge since the U.S.-European Union trade deal seems a little counterintuitive at first glance, but the rally suggests the greenback may be shedding its elevated trade risk premium - whether Washington wants that or not.
Many pharmaceutical products made in Europe will face a 15 percent tariff, pinching manufacturers and potentially leading to higher drug prices.
Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”
April 9: Trump's higher "reciprocal tariffs" begin just after midnight. Hours later, the president says he is issuing a 90-day pause on those duties, except for China. Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods from 104% to 145%, the highest rate so far this year.
The outlook for European corporate health has slightly improved, the latest earnings forecasts showed on Tuesday, despite continued uncertainty over global trade and the European Union preparing for counter-measures against any major U.