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The post Trump cuts tariffs in bid to slash consumer prices appeared com. U. S. President Donald Trump gestures during an announcement from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D. C., U. S., Oct. 23, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday exempted key agricultural imports like coffee, cocoa, bananas and certain beef products from his higher tariff rates. The move comes as Trump faces political blowback for high prices at U. S. grocery stores. Some distributors of beef, coffee, chocolate and other common food items have raised prices as Trump’s tariffs took hold this year, adding to pressure on household budgets created by decades-high inflation in recent years. Trump’s action Friday also exempts a range of fruits including tomatoes, avocados, coconuts, oranges and pineapples. Along with coffee, the tariff reductions extend to black and green tea, and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. The move marks a reversal for Trump, who has insisted tariffs are necessary to protect U. S. businesses and workers. He has contended U. S. consumers will not ultimately pay for the higher duties. The exemptions come just a day after Trump reached trade framework agreements with four Latin American countries including 10% tariffs on most goods from Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and 15% from Ecuador. It also removes duties specifically on products not grown or produced in the U. S. in sufficient quantities, like bananas and coffee. Rising food prices have hampered U. S. households for several years. Consumer Price Index data show food-at-home prices increased approximately 2. 7% year-over-year in September. (More recent data was delayed because of the government shutdown). The tariff exemptions aim to help moderate these grocery price increases, although experts caution that other factors such as global supply shortages also influence prices, especially for coffee and beef. Here’s more background on how industries like beef, coffee and cocoa have reacted to tariffs and rising prices. Beef A customer shops for meat at a. Continue reading Trump cuts tariffs in bid to slash consumer prices
The post Tech Leads Stock Slide-Bitcoin Drops Below $96,000 appeared com. Topline Tesla and Intel headlined broader losses across tech stocks as trading opened Friday, continuing a slump for major indexes a day after markets posted their worst declines in more than a month. U. S. stock futures fell on Friday morning led by a slump in major tech stocks. Getty Images Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped roughly 550 points (1. 1%), while the S&P 500 declined 0. 3% and the Nasdaq erased 1. 1% as trading opened Friday, after the indexes dropped 1. 6%, 1. 6% and 2. 2% on Thursday, respectively, in their largest single-day losses since October. RP, Solana’s SOL and Binance’s BNB, are down 8. 8%, 10. 5% and 6. 2% respectively. Crypto-linked stocks similarly. Continue reading Tech Leads Stock Slide—Bitcoin Drops Below $96,000
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Trump is incapable of allowing tensions and stresses to ease without creating new ones. Case in point: After meeting with China’s president Xi Jinping this past week, he announces that China and the United States the largest and second-largest economies in the world will de-escalate the trade war. Sounds good, I suppose (until you realize that the two nations are now back to where they were before Trump created the trade war in the first place). Not content to calm any waters, Trump also announces that the United States will immediately restart nuclear weapons testing, after not doing so for more than 30 years. Why? He doesn’t explain except to say “other nations” are doing so. (None of the world’s three major military powers has conducted a nuclear weapons test since 1996, but they will if the U. S. resumes.)The mad would-be king cannot abide even a moment of calm. He thrives on crises, emergencies, chaos, disarray all of which give him more power, if we let them. He refuses to fund SNAP (food stamps) during this government shutdown, although Congress set aside funds to do just that. He won’t extend Obamacare subsidies. His tariffs are killing farmers and small businesses. To say nothing of his violent ICE raids, his criminal prosecutions of political foes, his “war” on Venezuela. In every sphere of our lives, he is ramping up the stress. How should we cope with this Trump chaos? Not by ignoring the news. This only plays into Trump’s playbook: He figures he can cause even more mayhem if we’re not paying attention. Not by pretending that none of this matters. It does matter. Denial only weakens our resolve. Certainly not by falling into despair or hopelessness. That’s what Trump and his ilk want more than anything. Hopelessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy. Then he wins it all. We cope by becoming stronger. We demonstrate, as we did October 18 in record numbers and as we’ll do again in even larger numbers. We call our members of Congress. Appear at their town halls. Protect vulnerable people in our community. Organize for the midterms. We also pace ourselves. Stay abreast of the news but don’t try to read everything that’s coming at us. Take a break from time to time. We keep ourselves and others apprised of positive things that are happening: the likelihood that California’s Proposition 50 will pass on Tuesday, that Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York, that Virginia and New Jersey will elect Democrats. We’re grateful for the courage and resolve of our nation’s judges (including some who were appointed by Trump) in stopping his vicious and illegal rampages. We note the downward lurch in Trump’s poll numbers, largely as a result of his insane economic policies. Even Trump voters are turning on him. We keep the faith in America’s ideals. We stay as close as we can to our loved ones and dearest friends. And we celebrate small and noble acts of decency, wherever they occur. Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at Berkeley and former secretary of labor. His writings can be found at. Continue reading The way to cope with Trump’s chaos
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Arunachal Pradesh will inaugurate its first commercial coal mine at the Namchik-Namphuk coal block in Changlang district tomorrow. Continue reading Arunachal Pradesh’s first commercial coal mine starts operations tomorrow
Arunachal Pradesh will inaugurate its first commercial coal mine at the Namchik-Namphuk coal block in Changlang district tomorrow. Continue reading Arunachal Pradesh’s first commercial coal mine starts operations tomorrow