Small business owners are weighing in on the tariffs President Donald Trump unveiled against virtually all U.S. trading partners on Wednesday afternoon.

On Friday, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell by another 3.5%, Australia's ASX 200 was down more than 2%, and Singapore's Straits Times Index was almost 3% lower. South Korean stocks are also losing ground but that appears to be related to the country's constitutional court upholding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Global hedge funds and levered exchange-traded funds (ETFs) dumped more than $40 billion of stocks at a breakneck pace, growing increasingly bearish after President Donald Trump's shock announcement of harsher-than-expected global tariffs,

Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who holds libertarian economic views, has been highly critical of the tariffs, warning they create the same economic problems that exacerbated the Great Depression. He is calling for Congress to reject Trump’s plans with legislation that would require congressional approval for taxes on imports.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs wreaked havoc in the stock market this week, stoking fears of a trade-war escalation that could lead to a recession. U.S. stocks showed signs of “capitulation,” or a move toward “panic selling,

As of February 2025, the United States was the region with the largest TikTok audience by far, with almost 135.79 million users engaging with the popular social video platform.

A finalized TikTok deal was pulled Thursday after President Trump announced massive new tariffs against China, a source familiar with the negotiations told The Hill. Trump was poised to

Tump said in a post that his administration has been working ‘very hard on a deal to SAVE TIKTOK,’ and has made ‘tremendous progress.’

"Video game consoles are sold under tight margins in order to reduce the barrier to entry for consumers," the ESA notes in its issue page on tariffs. "Tariffs mean that the additional costs would be passed along to consumers, resulting in a ripple effect of harm for the industry and the jobs it generates and supports.