Investors fear that tit-for-tat tariffs could raise prices, slow growth and sow uncertainty among businesses.
Category: Foreign Investments
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Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running
China is still cautiously trying to figure out what Trump wants. The president has threatened big tariffs in response to the inaction.
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Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Set Off Panic in an Unexpected Place: Real Estate
The president initially said his $5 million green card alternative would replace a visa for foreign investors that has become a favorite financing tool of major developers.
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Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the president himself.
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Benjamin Black Weighs Shift in U.S.A.I.D. Funding
Benjamin Black, a son of the private equity mogul Leon Black and likely head of the International Development Finance Corporation, wants a piece of U.S.A.I.D.’s funding to invest in “pro-market” projects overseas.
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Trump Says Nippon Steel Will Make Major Investment in U.S. Steel
President Trump supports the Japanese company’s taking a stake in the American steel maker after the U.S. blocked a $14 billion takeover bid.
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Trump Says Nippon Steel Will Make Major Investment in U.S. Steel
President Trump supports the Japanese company’s taking a stake in the American steel maker after the U.S. blocked a $14 billion takeover bid.
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Trump’s Colombia Tariff Threat Startled Companies Trying to Rely Less on China
By declaring he’d put tariffs on goods from the South American country, the president imperiled a growing influx of foreign investment there.
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India’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up
Industrial growth, the stock market and the rupee are sinking, and most consumers earn too little to buoy them, stymieing India’s drive to become a developed economy.
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Cleveland-Cliffs Signals a Possible New Bid for U.S. Steel
The company’s renewed interest comes after the Biden administration blocked Nippon Steel from acquiring the onetime American powerhouse.
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U.S. Steel and Nippon Sue Biden Over Decision to Block Deal
The companies argue in a lawsuit that the process of reviewing the transaction was corrupted by politics.