• Apr 03, 2025

VW to build Amarok for South American market in Argentina from 2027

Volkswagen is launching a new version of its Amarok mid-size pick-up truck targeted at the South American market from 2027, the carmaker said on Thursday, in the latest example of auto industry players localising production. VW is investing $580 million to refit its Pacheco plant in the province of Buenos Aires, which has produced an older version of the Amarok since 2010, towards producing the new design, it said.

  • Apr 03, 2025

With tariff details in hand, Fed now has to weigh inflation risks against blow to growth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve officials who have said they needed more details before estimating the economic impact of President Donald Trump's trade plans got perhaps more than they bargained for on Wednesday when he unveiled sweeping tariffs analysts say could dramatically reshuffle the country's economic outlook. The levies, which Trump gleefully displayed as a globe-spanning leaderboard of import tax rates, feature a baseline 10% for major trading partners like the European Union, higher still at 25% for Canada and Mexico, a massive 46% on Vietnam and potentially more than 50% for China. Within hours economists were penciling in a U.S. recession and drawing comparisons with the 1930s and even the late 1800s, early in the country's industrial development.

  • Apr 03, 2025

US bank stocks sink as Trump's tariffs cloud dealmaking, loan demand

(Reuters) -Shares of U.S. banks tumbled to multi-month lows on Thursday, after President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs plan sparked fears of a recession and a slowdown in consumer spending that could hurt earnings. Citigroup fell over 12%, while Bank of America sank 11%. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo fell over 9% each.

  • Apr 03, 2025

Analysis-Emerging economies brace for Trump tariff 'turning point'

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -Emerging economies worldwide are bracing for sliding currencies and a possible deterioration of their sovereign credit after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs brought levies on U.S. imports to their highest levels in 100 years. It could mark a negative turning point for emerging market debt just as many nations had hoped to lure investments after years of risk aversion. "We are immediately concerned by the potential impact of the severe tariffs imposed on a range of emerging economies — an approach which risks further damaging the development prospects of countries already facing worsening terms of trade," said John Denton, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce.