The absence of Russia on the president’s new list of countries that he’ll hit with steep tariffs did not go unnoticed on social media. Critics were quick to accuse Trump of kowtowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump has for years expressed his admiration of.

The White House is standing by the sweeping tariffs that Donald Trump has imposed on some of the United States’ biggest trading partners, despite a global backlash that has left the world’s stock markets jittery.

Trump's punishing tariffs have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades, raised fears of recession and driven worldwide stocks sharply downward. The S&P closed below 5,000 for the first time in nearly a year on Tuesday and is nearing a bear market,

Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for president, on Tuesday ratcheted up his pleas with Washington to hit pause on tariffs to stave off "a major global economic disruption.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan — and the trade war it threatens — is an extraordinary gamble that’s not likely to pay off. Economists have already warned that the tariffs, which affect nearly all goods from all countries,

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer addressed the Senate Finance Committee a day after global markets swung wildly and some business leaders lambasted the president's aggressive bid to raise tariffs on almost every nation on earth.

China has remained defiant in the escalating trade war. Trump advisers say other countries are lining up to negotiate deals.

China says it will “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Chinese impo