A Boeing 737 by Southwest Airlines leaves the San Diego International Airport with an American flag in the foreground on April 20, 2025 in San Diego, California, USA.
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The “America First” ideology of the president of the United States, which, in general terms, prioritizes the domestic over the international, is based on the assumption that the world needs the United States more than the world needs.
This may be true for status quo. The United States is the largest importer in the world and among the greatest exporters, according to the worldwide commercial solution, a database provided by the World Trade Organization.
But the change is off. Countries are finding ways to respond to Trump’s nationalist gestures.
The nations of Southeast Asia, who suffered the worst part of Trump’s tariffs, are joining to increase intragional trade and diversify their export destinations. China, after evaluating the severity of Trump’s threats, seems to be ready to strengthen their fiscal stimulus.
Nor is it as if the United States has the monopoly on all aspects of international affairs. China controls much of the rare earth elements supply chain, as well as critical minerals such as nickel and copper. Trump’s green light to the extraction of these elements is a sign that the United States is playing with China.
A “America First” policy can be counterproductive, since it drives other countries to take measures that may leave the US behind.
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WINNING WEEK FOR ACTIONS
The main indexes of the USA. Uu. He S&P 500 It increased 0.74% on Friday to mark their first four -day winning streak since January. He Nasdaq compound Advanced 1.26% and Dow Jones industrial advanced at 0.05%. However, stock futures exceeded Sunday night. Regional Europe Stoxx 600 The index added 0.35% on Friday, its fourth consecutive daily gain. The UKS Ftse 100 Closed 0.1% to their tenth consecutive positive session, extending their longest winning career since 2019.
China asks for more financial support
China plans to help companies with difficulties with “multiple measures” and requested “timely reductions” of interest rates against the “greatest external clashes”, gives a reading of a meeting of Politburó chaired on Friday by President Xi Jinping, the meeting of the Politburo, the second most powerful political body in China, arises when the commercial war between the United States and China is heated.
Trump signs the order to boost deep water mining
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed on Thursday a broad executive order to boost the controversial practice of deep water mining, which uses heavy machinery to eliminate minerals and metals from the seabed. The movement tries to underpin US access to strategically important minerals such as nickel, copper and rare earth elements, compensating China’s dominant position in critical mineral supply chains.
Southeast Asian countries are directed with each other
The export-oriented Asian countries were affected by Trump’s “reciprocal” rates and the following American-China commercial war. China is among the largest commercial partners for those countries, while the United States serves as its strategic partner in areas such as defense and development. However, instead of choosing one side, the nations of the region are developing their own economies and strengthening commercial ties with each other.
[PRO] Eyes in profits and data
More than 180 companies in the S&P 500 report their results this week, which makes it the busiest period of the first quarter profit season, says Sarah Min de CNBC. Companies to be taken into account include goal platforms, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. Investors should also see the Personal Consumer Expenses Price index, Wednesday and non -agricultural payroll, Friday.
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The guests and the assistant mix and walk through the duration of the atrium The spring meetings of the IMF of the World Bank at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2025.
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The work of inflation almost done, but the rate looms – what The members of the European Central Bank said this week
The policy formulators of the European Central Bank whom CNBC spoke at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund this week reached a modern tone, indicating that interest rates continued to fall and few inflation of recovery risk.
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said that “the deflationary process is both on the way that we are growling.”
However, all emphasized the high levels of uncertainty, the need to maintain monitoring data and high risk for growth prospects. Lagarde, for example, warned that the world economy is experienced “shocks” that will be “a vapen in GDP”.
Echoing his feeling, Klaas Knot, president of the Bank of the Netherlands, said that “the uncertainty created by the unpredictability of the tariff actions of the United States government works as a strong negative factor for growth.”