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In the face of a trade war, Canadian business leaders are making big changes in the way they conduct operations — and many are moving away from their longtime trading partner on the other side of the border, according to a new Léger survey.

The United States sends tremendous support to its allies around the world, but the payback has typically been a more stable world — it doesn’t always work, mind you, as we have seen these past three years. But no country benefits more from a tranquil world than the U.S.

Donald Trump branded Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator. On Friday he will host the Ukrainian president at the White House and sign a deal granting Washington access to Ukraine's rare minerals. The extraordinary turnaround caps a week of frantic international diplomacy centered on Washington, as Kyiv seeks to shore up support despite Trump's recent pivot towards Russia. Trump upended years of US policy on Ukraine two weeks ago when he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and started talks on ending the three-year-old war — without Kyiv.

gold prices to soften, have started purchasing gold jewellery in the last two days as prices have fallen from a high of Rs 86,647 per 10 gm on last Tuesday to Rs 84,056 per 10 gm on Friday. Prices have dropped by Rs 2,509 per 10 gm over the last two days. The gold market was closed on Wednesday on account of Shivratri. Rajesh Rokde. chairman of All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) said «The footfalls at the stores have increased. Those, who had been waiting to buy gold, have started their purchase. Consumers do not want to miss the chance of lower gold prices.» He added that the correction in gold prices seems to be a temporary one. «It may go up any moment if the trade war intensifies and the geopolitical risk heightens. This a good opportunity to buy gold, Rokde said.

trade war, moving ahead to implement tariffs that could unsettle Wall Street, as per a report. Trump posted on Truth Social, that tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico would come into effect from March 4, reported Yahoo Finance. The president also declared an extra 10% tariff on China.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), State Bank of India (SBI), and Tata Motors among the ten Nifty 50 stocks hitting fresh 52-week lows as a broad-based sell-off rattled investors. A sharp decline in IT and financial stocks, coupled with renewed global trade war concerns and sustained foreign investor outflows, dragged the benchmark indices down by over 1%. The Nifty 50 tumbled 1.2% to 22,271.40, while the BSE Sensex sank over 1,000 points, or 1.34%, to 73,602 in early trade.

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“Small and midcaps have been hit hard—Nifty Smallcap 100 is down 21%, valuations remain above long-term averages, and earnings disappointments have led to downgrades,” says Rajkumar Singhal, CEO, Quest Investment Advisors. In an interview with ETMarkets, Singhal said: “With earnings likely to recover in CY25, the pain in small and midcaps may ease. A selective bottom-up approach is key—focus on quality businesses with strong balance sheets and sustainable growth,” Edited excerpts: Thanks for taking the time. February was highly volatile amid trade war fears and FII selling. What are your views?

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Donald Trump's tariff agenda, domestic economists expect a combination of policy measures, supply chain adjustments and strengthened global partnerships to cushion the world's second-largest economy as the trade war intensifies.

shares fell sharply on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a 25% tariff on cars and other goods from the European Union and the region's vow to counter «firmly and immediately» fanned fears of an escalating trade war. The pan-European STOXX 600 index has retreated 0.7% as of 0813 GMT, after closing at a record high in the previous session.