economy $316 billion. What experts say: Tariffs are, functionally, taxes levied on importers. When importers are taxed, the price of goods tends to increase, and that cost falls on the American consumer. Economists and think tanks say Trump’s tariff proposals could exacerbate foreign trade ...
There has been much debate over the course of the war on whether these assets could be used to support Ukraine. In June 2024,the G7 agreed in principle to issue $50 billion in loansto Ukraine that were backed by the profits generated from around 300 billion euros of frozen Russian assets...
Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel have been delayed until 2 April 2025 pending an agreement on control of fentanyl into the US or a renegotiation of the USMCA. The renewed 25% steel tariffs on all other countries previously exempt and an additional 10% on Chinese-origin products went into...
IPTO provides for the electrical interconnection of almost all Greek islands, in the framework of a green investment program amounting to $5.7 billion over the decade to 2029, starting with Greece's largest island of Crete and then moving north towards the Cyclades. The inter...
Ukraine is part of a far bigger geopolitical picture. Russia and China want US hegemonic influence in the Eurasian continent marginalised. Following defeats for US foreign policy in Syria and Afghanistan and following Brexit, Putin is driving a wedge bet
On Wednesday alone, Modi addressed as many as four rallies, starting early in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and ending late in a constituency 2,300 km (1429 miles) away in the western state of Maharashtra. Gandhi spoke in three rallies, all in the northeast....
For trading purposes, units of a given commodity are typically interchangeable, or fungible—one bushel of corn is considered pretty much the same as any other. Many major commodities trade in the form of futures contracts on established exchanges, such as CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (...
We can speculate that the financial pressures of low oil prices have been somewhat behind Russia’s decision to be at war with Ukraine. The recent problems of Venezuela and Canada may also be related to the low prices of the heavy oil they are trying to extract and export. Extracting a ...
How Many People Watch YouTube? As of 2025, YouTube has more than 2.50 billion active users who watched content on YouTube, up from 2 billion users in 2019. In this section, we will go through the facts and figures about YouTube users. ...
Many hoped rail would be Ukraine’s secret weapon in maintaining its status as one of the world’s largest grain exporters after Black Sea ports were blockaded by the Russian navy, but track gauge differences an