INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would officially extend until August 1 his declared deadline to impose “reciprocal” tariffs
on dozens of economic partners, indicating that this time he really meant it.
The move keeps Trump’s negotiating leverage at a boil even
as it imposes additional uncertainty on the global economy amid new fears of a trade war.
The US president also said during a cabinet
meeting Tuesday he would impose a 50 per cent tariff on imported copper and planned to slap...
