Why Trump’s trade war will cause chaos
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Trump, trade and feeding China’s pigs
ONE OF THE many legacies of Donald Trump’s first trade war with China is that pigs in the country now have a more varied diet. In response to Mr Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018, China imposed a 25% levy on American farm products. That included soyabeans,
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11th Annual Retirement Survey: Changing Viewpoints
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As retirement plans transition from supplemental savings vehicles to the primary income source for many retirees, plan participants’ perspectives on retirement have shifted significantly. While concerns about risks to their savings—like inflation, interest rates and market volatility—can ebb and flow, most consistently want help from their employers which can range from “encourage me to save” to “help me invest the right way.
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The three commodities to watch in 2025
By Matthieu Favas, Commodities editor, The Economist
FOR MUCH of 2024 commodity prices were driven by low demand. America slowed down and economic woes worsened in China, the world’s biggest importer of raw materials. So prices for everything from coal and cobalt to natural gas are lingering at levels that prevailed before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Gold will soar to record highs in the first year of Trump's term as uncertainty sparks a flight to safety, commodities expert says
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- The price of gold is on its way to new all-time-highs, according to a commodities analyst.
- CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian thinks investors will flock to safe-haven assets as Trump’s term kicks off.
- That means gold could climb to a cyclical peak before 2026,
Logan Paul mocks the BBC with a double in a controversial cryptocurrency stunt
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KS Republicans back Trump’s tariff proposal. Why experts fear trade war could hurt farmers
One of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises — asserting sweeping tariffs on imports coming to the U.S., with higher sanctions on goods from China — could have unintended consequences for Kansas’ economy, experts say.
The escalating trade war that could result from the tariffs would likely spell economic uncertainty in the years to come,