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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicUS tariffs

Topic: US tariffs

Trump announces additional 25% tariff on oil, gas purchase from Venezuela

Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account that the decision was based on ‘the fact that Venezuela has purposefully and deceitfully sent to the United States thousands of criminals’.

China promotes business to foreign corporate leaders like Apple, Pfizer amid intensifying US tariffs

Trump imposed 20% tariffs on all Chinese goods in January, accusing Beijing of not doing enough to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States, straining relations between both.

Trump has a point—the world is mooching off Uncle Sam, and it is time to rebalance

Net-net, the Trump disruption is welcome for India. We should look at the Australian example, not the EU or Canadian one.

The difference a few months can make. From a strong economic outlook, US now staring at a slowdown

In fact, the latest reading of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s nowcast of real GDP growth suggests a contraction of 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025.

EU wages trade war with US, to impose counter tariff on over $28 bn worth American goods

The move comes after Trump's 25% increased tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports took effect Wednesday, as prior exemptions, duty-free quotas, and product exclusions expired.

Canada’s Liberal Party set to elect Trudeau’s successor in midst of US trade war

The next prime minister will have to negotiate with U.S. President Trump as he threatens additional tariffs on Canada & may soon face the Conservatives in a general election.

The end of fishbowl economics & why pocket presidents seem to be all the rage

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Trump delays tariffs on Mexico, Canada till 2 April ‘to protect US car manufacturers & farmers’

Delay applies to certain products for a short period before the 'big one' from 2 April. Decision came after what Trump described as a 'fruitful' conversation with Mexico's Sheinbaum.

Trump vows 25% tariffs for Mexico, Canada; additional 10% on China over fentanyl effective from 4 March

Beijing has less than a week to publish countermeasures as US administration takes a harder stance on its rival, despite backing down on 60% tariff threat after Trump took office.

On Camera

Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.