The week that Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back

A wild week of tariff swings leaves consumers and Wall Street on edge

Tariffs were on, then they were off. At least temporarily, and only some of them — but not for China, which got hit with steeper duties and promptly hit back.

What if no one blinks? Trump Tariffs & Beijing Brinkmanship, Inside Khartoum, Is Germany “back”?

In a week where President Trump played fast and loose with world markets, and his global tariff threats became a reality, with brutal and immediate economic fall out. Dozens of countries reached out to negotiate, or as Trump described it, begged and pleaded to have the import taxes on supposed friends and foes removed.

After a new volte-face of the American magnate, the markets need to regain some serenity. ...

The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Oncoming Trump Slump

On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Samantha Hancox-Li discuss how Donald Trump’s madcap crusade is causing chaos in global markets, and why so many liberal institutions are capitulating to him.

Shower power, yippy markets and no parade: Trump's week

High drama on stock markets and tensions with China mixed with lighter fare for Donald Trump this week as he again dominated the news agenda for seven days.

Looking back at President Trump's week of unprecedented economic changes

It's been one of the most dramatic weeks in the history of the U.S. economy and the world with Wall Street on a record-breaking rollercoaster ride.A sudden about-face from the President also left the nation wondering was Trumps tariff turnaround an act of desperation, or sheer genius?On Wall Street there was panic. Traders dumped stocks and trillions of dollars of value went up in smoke. It was followed by elation, as President Trump stunned an …