Tanzania Prohibits Agricultural Imports from South Africa and Malawi #EastAfrica #SouthernAfrica #Africa #agricultural #Imports #Malawi #Prohibits #South #Tanzania 
https://tinyurl.com/2brrb9nj

#Trump now says he won't “play tough” with #China and said he'd try to “significantly reduce” the current 145% tariff on Chinese #imports.

I'm sure his followers are absolutely thrilled.

1 Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo Global Management: “By depreciating the #dollar and starting a #tradewar about #goods, which make up less than 10% of #US #GDP, the US is risking that the rest of the world will slow their #imports of the 80% of the US economy that is #services …”

Ruhle and Hayes are right about Tesla and the economic outlook as a whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMvSlEr1j4

New Kitten release

• Fix for Markdown pages¹: import { Multiple, Exports } … and import { Foo as Bar } … now properly supported in front matter when importing components.

Enjoy!

https://kitten.small-web.org

¹ https://kitten.small-web.org/reference/#markdown-pages-page-md-files

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariffs-likely-hurt-us-110000166.html

Trump’s Tariffs Will Likely Hurt US Economy. Immigration Crackdown Makes It Worse

https://news.gallup.com/poll/659630/americans-economic-financial-expectations-sink-april.aspx

Americans' Economic, Financial Expectations Sink in April

#Anxiety high at #international #grocerystores reliant on #imports

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/20/trump-tariffs-international-grocery-stores-price-increase/83131744007/

The historic surge in rice prices in Japan has led retailers to seek alternatives, using less expensive ingredients like barley and noodles in bento meal boxes to curb prices and retain customers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/20/japan/japans-soaring-rice-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #inflation #agriculture #trade #imports

Me: They have to demand impeachment.

Dork: They shouldn't talk about impeachment. They don't have the votes.

Me: Their job is to get the votes, and to get the votes they have to make the case that it is absolutely necessary.

https://www.investopedia.com/how-you-can-prepare-for-further-tariff-related-economic-turmoil-11717932

How You Can Prepare For Further Tariff-Related Economic Turmoil

https://fortune.com/article/trump-tariffs-inflation-approval-rating-lowest-of-presidency/

Trump’s handling of tariffs and inflation nosedives his economic approval rating to the rock bottom of his entire presidential career

#trade #finance #economics #trinidadandtobago #caribbean #investment #GlobalTrade #financenews #economicdevelopment #imports #exports #trinidadandtobagonews

https://newsday.co.tt/2025/04/17/global-trinidad-and-tobago-new-era-for-trade-investment/

https://apnews.com/article/dollar-trump-tariffs-trade-safe-haven-china-c108fd36a3122f85872ad34ba5f5d977

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump