Trump News for Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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U.S. Senate votes to block Trump’s Canadian tariffs in rebuke to his trade agenda
The Globe and Mail
The vote is the most significant Republican rebuke of the Trump administration’s second term, with four prominent Republicans breaking rank
Apr 2, 2025, 11:54 PM

Canada Trump tariff exemption ‘like dodging a bullet into the path of a tank’, says business leader
The Guardian
Automotive industry and prime minister Mark Carney note that 25% tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and automobiles will still come into effect within hours
Apr 2, 2025, 11:47 PM

Canadian PM Vows To 'Fight' Trump's Sweeping Tariffs With 'Counter Measures'
News18
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday pledged to "fight" against US President Donald Trump's tariffs
Apr 2, 2025, 11:47 PM
No reprieve for auto industry under Trump’s tariff plan
The Globe and Mail
Canadian manufacturers prepare for likely disruptions, layoffs and possible production cuts
Apr 2, 2025, 11:47 PM
Senate Rebukes Trump Over Canada Tariffs
Yahoo Singapore News
Wednesday's vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s erratic trade policies amid growing fears of an economic recession.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:44 PM

ASX 200 gold stock leaps higher on record cash flow in Thursday's sinking market
Motley Fool Australia
Investors are piling into the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) gold stock on Thursday even as the ASX 200 plunges on Trump tariff fears.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:43 PM
We now know the full extent of the Trump tariff tax hikes. They’re huge.
Yahoo Finance
Trump's sweeping import tariffs will be a massive tax hike on businesses and consumers and a return to the trade policies of the Great Depression.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:42 PM
We now know the full extent of Trump's reciprocal tariffs. They’re huge.
Yahoo Finance
Trump's sweeping import tariffs will be a massive tax hike on businesses and consumers and a return to the trade policies of the Great Depression.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:42 PM

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports
Vancouver Is Awesome
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering him a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp down on inte
Apr 2, 2025, 11:41 PM

Trump goes full gameshow host to push his tariff plan - and nobody’s a winner
The Guardian
There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war
Apr 2, 2025, 11:35 PM

Donald’s Trump hits Canada with 25 per cent auto tariffs
Toronto Star
Trump’s new “reciprocal” tariffs will slam countries in Europe, Asia while Canadian auto imports were set to be hit after midnight Thursday.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:30 PM

Apple Stock Falls as Trump Tariffs Target Supply Chain
MacRumors
Apple's efforts to diversify its supply chain may have been for naught with the Trump administration's new tariffs that target multiple...
Apr 2, 2025, 11:26 PM
Trump Tariff Announcement latest updates: Donald Trump announces reciprocal tariffs on India, China, others
Livemint
Trump Tariff Announcement LIVE: Donald Trump in his address at the White House promised reciprocal tariffs. Trump’s new tariffs are a bid to boost US manufacturing and punish other countries for what he has said are years of unfair trade practices.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:24 PM
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Trump claims the Great Depression would never have happened if US levied tariffs
Firstpost
US President Donald Trump claimed that the Great Depression that hit America in 1930 would have never happened if the country had continued charging tariffs on foreign goods
Apr 2, 2025, 11:22 PM
Politics Insider: U.S. will exempt some elements of North American trade from 10-per-cent tariff
The Globe and Mail
Executive order signed by Trump orders existing tariffs to remain in place for Canada and Mexico, with zero-per-cent levies on goods compliant with the USMCA agreement
Apr 2, 2025, 11:19 PM
Here's every country facing reciprocal tariffs announced by Trump on 'Liberation Day'
Yahoo Finance
President Trump on Wednesday laid out his long-awaited plans to slap reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:13 PM
The world reacts with caution to US 'reciprocal' tariffs against dozens of nations
Yahoo Canada Finance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:12 PM

Donald Trump announces sweeping global trade tariffs - including 10% on UK imports
Sky News
An upbeat president confirms the UK will not be spared but the reciprocal duties he is imposing on all UK exports to the US are set at 10%, a lower figure than many had feared.
Apr 2, 2025, 11:08 PM