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U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on imports from China could send shockwaves through global supply chains that experts warn could raise prices on everything from big-ticket household goods to dollar store purchases in Canada.

Amazon says it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec over the next two months

Automaker Stellantis plans to reopen an assembly plant in Illinois and build the next generation Dodge Durango in Detroit, the automaker said Wednesday

Gold prices soared to near three-month highs on Wednesday, trading just below its record peak, fuelled by a soft dollar and lack of clarity around U.S. President Donald Trump's policy plans, which investors fear could trigger trade wars and elevate market volatility.

U.S. consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble PG.N will again look to hike prices on its household basics such as Tide detergent if President Donald Trump imposes new tariffs that increase the cost of imports, an executive said Wednesday.

Amazon Canada will close all seven of its facilities in Quebec over the next couple of months, the company announced Wednesday.

Former Reagan economist Art Laffer weighs in on Trump’s controversial economic plan to impose a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada beginning February 1. 

Canada needs to start fixing its “stinker” of an economy regardless of whether Donald Trump imposes tariffs next month so it can prevent similar threats in the future, economists say.

Canada’s consumer price index rose 1.8 per cent in December from the year before, less than the 1.9 per cent increase expected by economists, giving the Bank of Canada a final data point before it meets Jan. 29 to announce its next interest rate decision.

Donald Trump continues to talk about Canada after beginning his second term as United States President on Monday.

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Netflix is raising its prices in Canada.

Ajay Bagga, Market Expert, says the markets have decided that Trump will implement tariffs, and they are advising to sell now and ask questions later. This is what we are currently observing. There’s nothing particularly concerning about India, aside from our sluggish economy, decreasing earnings, and some policy spending that didn’t happen last year, but we hope will improve next year. The overall economic situation in India hasn’t changed to justify today’s 2% drop, but this is typical when you are connected to the global market. What is it that you are making of this free fall in the market? It is almost smacking of capital protection and I am sure viewers are wondering whether or not to book out their gains. Ajay Bagga: I would say that if you believe in the India story on a two-year, four-year, six-year basis, then we are still looking very good. Right now, there is a huge change in global politics, global messaging and Trump, by design, practices indisciplined messaging. The morning started well. The dollar was down one percent. The dollar index was down one percent at the start of the US day and then in the Oval Room, while signing some agreements, a journalist asked him about tariffs and then he held forth that maybe we will put 25% on Canada and Mexico, maybe we will do it on 1st February and that is where the markets took a swing back.

Stocks climbed as President Donald Trump struck a better-than-feared tone on global trade and speculation grew that his policies will further boost Corporate America. Bonds continued to unwind the recent surge in yields that roiled markets. The dollar wavered. Over 400 shares in the S&P 500 rose, with the gauge up almost 1% as Trump is expected to announce a new investment push for artificial intelligence led by Softbank Group Corp., OpenAI LLC, and Oracle Corp. A closely watched exchange-traded fund tracking companies with AI exposure hit a three-year high. Small caps climbed on bets they will benefit from a protectionist stance. Trump’s flurry of executive orders helped boost space shares, while weighing on electric-vehicle makers. An ETF focused on big Chinese firms gained as the US president so far refrained from announcing tariffs on the Asian nation.

Indian rupee weakened marginally on Tuesday to close at 86.577 per US dollar, versus previous close of 86.567/$1. The local currency peaked to 86.282/$1 during the day after US president Donald Trump refrained from imposing tariffs on his first day in office. The rupee, however, gave up its gains after Trump said he was thinking about imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

The Nifty tanked 1.4%, or 320.10 points, to close at 23,024.65. The Sensex plunged 1.6%, or 1,235.08 points, to close at 75,838.36. Both indices fell over 0.5% each in the last week. The selloff eroded India's market cap by around ₹7.52 lakh crore.

U.S. President Donald Trump could hit Canada with tariffs as early as next week, raising the risks that Ottawa would impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States amid growing fears of a trade war.

December’s inflation data offered a mixed bag to the Bank of Canada as it gears up for its first interest rate decision of 2025 with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats still looming over the Canadian economy.

“A tariff is essentially a tax that you put on goods and services that you import from another country,” said Fen Osler Hampson, professor of international affairs at Carleton University and co-chair of the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations.  

United States president Donald Trump began his second term by taking world financial markets on a daylong rollercoaster ride over his tariff policies, in a sign of turbulence ahead for investors and executives.