Commodities, Business & Shipping (and Tariffs)

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S&P 500 futures flat after index posts longest win streak since November

 

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The Commodities Feed: WTI oil falls below $60 a barrel

High inventories are adding pressure on oil

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FX Daily: Dollar can survive a negative GDP print

All eyes will be on the US first-quarter GDP print today

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Reuters

Apr 29, 2025 The Big View
The White House is negotiating with trading partners while US-China commerce seizes up. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Professor Simon Evenett of IMD Business School explains how the tense discussions might play out, and where they will leave the global trade system.

What Trump’s tariff tantrum will do to world trade

 

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How U.S. ports and retailers are bracing for shortages as tariffs hit​

Apr 29, 2025
Bookings of container shipments from China to the U.S. are down nearly 50% compared to a year ago. Carter Evans reports from one of the country's busiest ports to see the economic impact at the loading dock and on small business shelves.


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Imports as a percentage of GDP U.S. 2022| Statista

In 2022, imports of goods and services amounted to around 15.59 percent of U.S.

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Weekly scrap metal market report

Copper Skyrockets, Then Crashes – What’s Fueling the Scrap Market Chaos?​

Check Scrap Prices: https://iScrapApp.com/ - April wrapped up with a bang — and not the good kind — for scrappers watching copper bounce like a ping-pong ball between tariffs, trade wars, and supply shocks. In this week’s scrap market update, we break down the biggest moves and what it all means for your bottom line.
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Copper Skyrockets, Then Crashes – What’s Fueling the Scrap Market Chaos?​

 

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Senate to vote on a measure to undo Trump's global tariffs​

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would undo the sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on most countries earlier this month.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., used a legislative procedure to force a vote on the measure, which would terminate the national emergency Trump declared to implement the global tariffs. The resolution requires a simple majority to pass in the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...S&cvid=ca1d04aec1094b5abba35971b5c10278&ei=19