Tariffs

Asean+3 growth to ease slightly in 2026 amid external uncertainty: Amro

Key downside risks include more tariffs, a global tech slowdown and financial market volatility

Exporters of high-carbon industrial products such as steel, iron, aluminium (above), cement and fertilisers will be most affected.

Can the EU withstand the pushback against its carbon levy?

Brussels must defend its climate goals and prove its policy is the future of trade

US President Donald Trump over the weekend threatened additional tariffs on eight European countries until the US is allowed to buy Greenland, ushering in fresh trade uncertainties.

Citi downgrades European equities to neutral after Trump’s tariff threats

[SINGAPORE] Citigroup has downgraded European equities for the first time in over a year, citing worsening relations between Brussels and Washington over President Donald Trump’s push to seize Greenla...

One in five CEOs said their companies were highly exposed to losses from trade tariffs and one third cited cyber risk as a major threat. A greater share - 42 per cent - were worried about what the pace of technological change meant for their companies.

CEO revenue confidence hits five-year low: PwC survey

There was a sharp divide between those already seeing benefits from AI adoption and those who did not

US President Donald Trump (centre) and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) at a meeting in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025.

EU scrambles to avert Trump Greenland tariffs, prepares retaliation

[BRUSSELS] European Union ambassadors reached broad agreement on Sunday to intensify efforts to dissuade US President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on European allies, while also preparing retali...

A Downing Street spokesperson said British PM Starmer held phone calls with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte.

UK PM Starmer tells Trump tariffs on allies over Greenland are ‘wrong’

BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to US President Donald Trump on Sunday after talking to the leaders of Denmark, the EU and Nato, to say he believed “applying tariffs on allies for pursuing t...

A Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany, March 14, 2024. Germany is vulnerable to tariffs due to its export-focused economy, which is slowly emerging from two years of decline.

German industry lashes out at Trump’s ‘ludicrous’ demands

[BERLIN] German industry reacted with anger on Sunday to US President Donald Trump’s planned use of tariffs to crank up the pressure on Denmark to sell Greenland, calling on Europe not to cave in to h...

Trump’s tariff threat could prove an unwelcome interruption to the rally in European equities.

Trump tariff threat to weigh risk sentiment, European stocks

The US holiday on Monday also suggests thinner market conditions and no Treasury cash trade overnight

Relations between Washington and Beijing have steadied after Trump and Xi met in South Korea on Oct 30.

US firms regain optimism on China after Trump-Xi trade truce

The two leaders are slated to meet four times in 2026

US President Trump may also impose broader tariffs on imports of semiconductors and their derivative products to incentivise domestic manufacturing.

Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some AI chips

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25 per cent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new nation...