Thursday, April 3, or depending on where you are, was a “tariffying day” across 185 economies following United States (US) President Trump’s imposition of a reciprocal tariff on goods shipped to the US. While most of the affected economies are still weighing the extent of the economic cost,...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, April 3 called on state economic managers to prepare and plan for contingencies and a calibrated response to the 17-percent tariff that the United States will impose on Philippine exports starting April 9, 2025. Senate President...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (PPAB) Ever the optimist, economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joel Salceda has chosen to look at the bright side of the Trump administration's tariff-geddon, which didn't spare the Philippines. In...
The Philippines will only suffer "minimal" impact from the 17-percent reciprocal tariff imposed by the United States government on the products it is importing from the country, Malacañang said. US President Donald Trump (White House) While Palace has yet to determine the industries that...
President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described "reciprocal" tariffs on friend and foe alike. The new tariffs — coming...
The Philippine peso's gains against the United States (US) dollar at the start of the year may be erased by the widening current account deficit, according to the World Bank. In its Philippines Monthly Economic Developments report for March 2025, the Washington-based multilateral lender noted that...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has flagged corruption and a flurry of other barriers to trade with the Philippines that the US government seeks to dismantle, in a report released just days before President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal...
The magnolia planted on the South Lawn by President Andrew Jackson is seen at left as President Joe Biden, from left, and first lady Jill Biden, joined by surviving families of service members, hold hands in prayer around a newly planted magnolia tree during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the...
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 28, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, expressing...
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 28, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that "I'm not joking" about trying to serve a third...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump's...
US President Donald Trump The Philippines is not worried about United States (US) President Donald Trump’s looming reciprocal tariffs on several countries, given its minimal trade deficit with American goods, according to Trade Secretary Cristina Roque. While she admitted that the...
