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366EconomyChina Tariffs Could Cost Americans $831 A Year
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published research on Thursday (May 23) saying that increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will cost...
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746RetailTreasury Sec., Walmart CFO Discuss China Trade War Price Effects
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday (May 22) that he spoke with Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs about...
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1.3KEarningsKohl’s Eyes Amazon For In-Store Boost
It looks like rough sledding for Kohl’s ahead, but is Amazon to be a savior? Kohl’s first quarter results announced Tuesday (May...
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1.1KRetailChina Tariffs Will Cause Price Hike At Walmart
Walmart’s prices will rise due to the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, according to a report by Reuters. The...
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1.3KAppleNew China Tariffs Can Boost Apple iPhone Costs By 3 Pct
New tariffs imposed by China could cause Apple’s iPhone production costs to rise as much as 3 percent, and negatively impact the...
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2.8KRetailTariffs Loom As Threat To Retailers’ Bottom Lines
Amid headlines trumpeting trade wars, and drags to be felt on gross domestic product, one vertical in the U.S. stands out for...
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1.2KSMBsSMBs Struggle To Cope With New Trade Tariffs
Small businesses have sent out a warning to the Trump administration over new tariffs being levied on Chinese goods. The White House...
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1.5KSizzle/FizzleFizzle: Stock Market Swoons – Will Wealth Effect, Too?
The wealth effect. It’s ephemeral, fleeting and widely desired. Especially for consumer spending. Generally, the wealth effect works this way: When people...
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4.3KInternationalFrance, Germany And EU Want China To Play Nice
The European Commission, along with France and Germany, are calling on China to open its domestic market more to foreign companies. According...
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3.3KInternationalChina Refuses To Dial Back Tech Regulations
Although U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are going to Beijing for trade talks later on this week,...
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3.3KEconomyStudy: Trade War Squandered $7.8B In GDP Last Year
A new study by a group of economists found the trade war being waged by the White House has cost the economy...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsVeem Targets Firms’ Trade War Tariff Burden
Cross-border payments processing company Veem is targeting the cash flow burden companies face as a result of ongoing trade disputes and subsequent...
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2.9KEconomyUS, China Near Completion Of Trade Deal
With both countries potentially lifting tariffs, the U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade deal. A formal agreement could come around...
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3.4KInternationalSmartphone Makers Press India For Export Credits, Lower Tariffs
An association of smartphone manufacturers that includes Apple, Huawei, Oppo and Foxconn has submitted a 174-page report to the Indian government asking...
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3.5KInternational$13B In Trump Trade War Tariffs Go Unpaid
While President Donald Trump has boasted that his tariffs imposed on China and other countries have made billions of dollars for the...
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4.1KInternationalChina To Help Private Businesses With Lower-Cost Credit
Lawmakers in China are looking at ways to help private businesses that are having a hard time refinancing debt, reported Reuters. The...
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4.0KEconomyUS-China Trade War Costs Billions For Both Sides
The trade war between the United States and China has ended up costing billions of dollars for both sides during 2018, with...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsWalmart, Dollar Tree Step Up Pressure On Chinese Suppliers
The impacts of ongoing trade disputes between the U.S. and China are beginning to be felt by suppliers, according to Wall Street...
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3.2KAppleAnalysts Weigh In On Apple, Post-Trump Tariff Threat
Analysts are sharing their thoughts on what will happen to Apple if President Donald Trump’s threat of new tariffs on iPhones goes...
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3.2KInternationalTrump Threatens 10 Pct Tariff On iPhones Made In China
Days before a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump warned that he might slap a 10 percent tariff on...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsTreasurers Remain Calm Amid Trade Tensions, Rate Hikes
Corporate treasurers say they remain fairly unconcerned about global trade tensions and incoming interest rate hikes, and have not changed their payments...
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4.4KInternationalPeople’s Bank Of China Plans To Manage Money Supply Growth
To head off financial risks, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) plans to manage growth of the money supply. Its remarks could...
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4.3KRetailConsumer Spending To Top $1,000 Over Holidays
In the upcoming holiday season, a National Retail Federation (NRF) survey found that consumers are expected to spend an average of $1,007.24....
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5.6KCross Border CommerceMarkets Swoon And Risk Looms For Firms’ Cross-Border Commerce
Volatility in the stock markets and rising rates may have ripple effects — among them a greater amount of risk tied to...
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4.7KEconomyChina Tariffs Add To Retailer Holiday Worries
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (well, if you squint and aim your gaze past the Halloween decorations). And from...
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2.5KEconomyRetailers Hope Tariffs Don’t Ruin The Holidays
Retailers are racing against the impact of tariffs for the holiday shopping season. That’s the view of The Wall Street Journal, which...
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3.4KAppleApple To Debut Slew Of New Devices On Wednesday
Apple is set to premiere a variety of new products this week at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. According...
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3.9KEconomyFootwear, Apparel Industries Could Be Disrupted By Tariffs
With U.S. tariffs on imports from China, an industry association leader has said that American shoppers will be faced with higher prices...
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2.8KCross Border CommerceLessons In Global Supply Chain Management
It’s widely accepted that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link – and based on the past few weeks,...
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3.6KInvestmentsChina’s Banks Asked To Give Infrastructure Investment Support
China’s banking and insurance regulator has asked banks and insurers to examine and tackle “weak points” in the country’s infrastructure sector. According...
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2.8KInternational
Chinese Tariffs Could Hit Consumers’ Pocketbooks To The Tune Of $3.2B
The tariffs put in place by the U.S. government on printed circuit assemblies and connected devices could result in U.S. consumers paying $3.2...
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6.6KAppleTrump Tariffs Threaten Apple US Price Increases
Apple might have to raise prices on some of its products due to President Donald Trump’s latest proposals to charge a 10...
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3.5KInternationalTrade Wars, IP Wars, And Who Wins Between China And US?
It’s earnings season, which leads us to mull the fate of companies large and small, and of industries that are global in...
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2.7KInternational
Amid Trade War, Reshoring Manufacturing Is No Easy (Or Cheap) Task
The trade war is here. The world’s two biggest economies — the United States and China — are slinging tariffs with haste....
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5.9KRetail
US Tariffs Could Hit Retailers Hard
Though tariffs may not be good for American retailers and consumers, according to an expert, some retail segments may be more susceptible...
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2.4KRetailThe Trade War Will Hit Some Retailers Harder Than Others
The theory is that a strong U.S. economy — buttressed by record employment and enthused consumer spending — will mean U.S. business...
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5.3KInternationalTrump To Block Chinese Tech Investments
The U.S. Treasury Department is reportedly gearing up to announce rules that would prevent companies with 25 percent or more Chinese ownership...
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2.6KInternational
Amid Trade Tiff, China Offers to Buy $70B of US Goods
In a new wrinkle tied to the tariff tiff between the United States and China, the latter said it would be amenable...
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3.6KPolitics
Alibaba CEO Warns Trade War Will Harm Everyone
Alibaba’s Chief Executive Jack Ma warned in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (April 11) that a trade war between...
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2.8KPolitics
Trade War May Dwindle Amid Blinking
The trade war may be downsized to a skirmish that maybe won’t even be waged. Or, you could say the other side...
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2.4KInternationalUS, Chinese Retailers Seek International Footholds, Despite Trade War
Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S. retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese...
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3.9KInternationalTariffs’ Tussle On Chinese Investments Mere Saber-Rattling?
In economics, it’s all fun and games until someone starts a trade war and loses some GDP. The steel tariffs have been...
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5.3KInternationalAn eCom Tax A Day To Keep China’s Competitors At Bay
China is on the cusp of implementing tax rules that would impact cross-border eCommerce, a move that observers say would have the...
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5.2KPayment MethodsEconomic Issues May Signal Trump’s Pitfall
Can anything stop Donald Trump? Maybe the U.S. economy. Thus far into the race toward the nomination(s) on both sides of the...
