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Whisper it, but signs are starting to emerge across global financial markets that the weight of Donald Trump’s multi-pronged policy agenda is becoming a bit too much to bear.

A key measure of euro-area pay growth eased at the end of 2024, supporting European Central Bank plans to keep cutting interest rates as inflation slows.

Shares of gold miners are soaring in the early months of 2025, as risks around inflation and geopolitics push analysts to ramp up their outlook for the precious metal, a classic haven asset.

Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressuring key allies to escalate their restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new US president plans to expand efforts that began under Joe Biden to limit Beijing’s technological prowess.

Tesla Inc.’s sales plunged 45% last month across Europe, where rival carmakers saw a surge in electric-vehicle demand.

Factors that slammed the dollar at the start of Donald Trump’s first term are threatening the US currency again in 2025, according to Morgan Stanley.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed his relationship with Vladimir Putin on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling that Moscow’s detente with Washington wouldn’t deter ties.

The European Commission said it would respond “swiftly and decisively” if US President Donald Trump takes any “unjustified measures” following his latest warning over the bloc’s tech rules.

President Donald Trump deepened Washington’s split with allies over Ukraine, withdrawing US condemnation of Russia’s 2022 invasion at the United Nations and among Group of Seven countries as he aims to end the war on terms agreeable to Moscow.

The European Union is broadening the list of US goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if US President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump said he expected tariffs planned to take effect on Canada and Mexico to go ahead next month following an initial delay to allow the countries more time to address his concerns over border security.

Ukraine is in the final stages of talks with the US over a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s natural mineral resources, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Monday.

Merz faces an aging population that’s set to hold back growth and exacerbate strains on the federal budget and social security system.

Apple Inc., as it seeks relief from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from China, said that it will hire 20,000 new workers and produce AI servers in the US.

The animal spirits that sent the US stock market flying over the past two years are going global — a trend that some market pros say may be just getting started.

Microsoft Corp. has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report.

Donald Trump’s tariff threats are losing their shock value across asset classes.

Nach einem nervenaufreibenden Wahlabend in Deutschland steht nun das vorläufige Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl fest. Diesem zufolge hat die Union die Wahl klar gewonnen, Friedrich Merz wird damit wohl Kanzler. Die in Teilen rechtsextreme AfD konnte sich verdoppeln und kommt auf Platz zwei, die SPD erlitt ein Fiasko. Die Grünen kamen mit einem blauen Auge davon. Stark zeigte sich die Linke. BSW und FDP scheitern dagegen an der Fünfprozenthürde und verpassen den Einzug ins Parlament. Das gibt den entscheidenden Ausschlag für die Koalitionsvarianten – denn nun ist ein Bündnis zwischen Union und SPD ohne Dritten möglich.

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The European Union estimates that the first wave of Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will hit as much as €28 billion ($29.3 billion) of the bloc’s exports in what would be a massive escalation in the US president’s trade war.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Friday to formally consider using tariffs to counter the digital services taxes some countries impose on US tech giants, a step that could expand a global battle aimed at addressing imbalances in trade.

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Der Handel blickt zum dritten Mal in Folge auf ein schwieriges Jahr zurück. Nach Einbußen bereits in den beiden Jahren zuvor ging der Umsatz auch 2024 unter Berücksichtigung der Teuerung um 1,6 Prozent zurück. Das teilte Handelsobmann Rainer Trefelik am Freitag bei einer Pressekonferenz mit. Vor allem im Möbel-, Zeitschriften- und Schmuckhandel sei der Rückgang zu spüren. Für heuer gibt sich der Handel etwas optimistischer.

Business activity in the euro area hardly grew again in February, reinforcing fears that the bloc remains mired in stagnation.