Trump tariff promises get a reality check

Trump tariff promises get a reality check

A gathering of global economic leaders in Washington wraps up Saturday with tariff talks between the United States and partners still unresolved -- and anxiety building over the state of the global economy.

G20 Meeting of Finance Chiefs Fails to Produce Joint Statement, as Countries Vent Concerns about U.S. Tariffs

WASHINGTON — A two-day meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors ended in Washington on Thursday with concerns mounting over the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the global economy.

PT Barnum's Blues: From Fake Protectionist Policy to Real World Isolation

Are there irreversible consequences to Trump’s erratic proclamations and reversals? Will the rest of the world simply flip back into place if Trump settles down? Both Richard Wolff and Michael  Hudson believe that Trump will not be able to put a severely shocked global economy back into normal shape again and that his idiotic tariff gamble will only accelerate the shift by all nations in BRICS toward a far more socialized left-wing system. Watc…

Trump toll assures get hold of a truth examine

An occasion of worldwide monetary leaders in Washington completes Saturday with toll talks in between the United States and companions nonetheless unsolved– and stress and nervousness construction over the state of the worldwide financial state of affairs. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s springtime conferences gave a necessary chance for nations to speak about occupation on the sidelines, talking to President Donald Trump’s bran…

Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been in Washington this week to meet with US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The Finance Minister has also had talks with several members of the US administration, participated in meetings in the G20 and the International Monetary Fund's spring meeting.

The member states of the G20 group of the world's largest economies failed to reach agreement on a joint statement after today's meeting on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, nor on a statement by the South African presidency, the French news agency AFP reported.