China Trade Deal Sends Stocks Soaring, But Small Businesses Say 2025 Will Be Horrible

US-China tariffs 'deal' spurs stock surge, Australian market lifts

A US-China trade deal that includes tariff cuts has sent US stock markets soaring. The Australian market has also jumped higher in response. Follow live.

Trump China trade deal: Tariff pause means new surge in freight shipments, and higher prices

Trump's trade deal with China and pause on the highest tariffs means another surge is coming in global trade, but business uncertainty isn't going away.

What Wall Street's bright minds think about the US-China trade deal

Progress on US-China trade over the weekend sent stocks soaring on Monday. Some top commentators say tariffs are still a big risk.

China Trade Deal Sends Stocks Soaring, But Small Businesses Say 2025 Will Be Horrible

A new U.S.-China trade deal cuts tariffs and lifts markets, but small businesses say the 90-day pause brings little clarity and doesn’t solve deeper challenges.

ASX Market Open: Aussie market remains higher on Wall Street buoyancy | May 14, 2025

The ASX200 is set to open slightly higher (0.1%) on Wednesday, tracing an extended rally on Wall Street following the easing of trade tensions between China and the United States. Listen to the HotCopper podcast for in-depth discussions and insights on all thebiggest headlines from throughout the week. On Spotify, Apple, and more. US stocks continued to perform strongly overnight after yesterday’s news of a breakthrough in trade negotiations bet…

U.S.-China deal revives markets and ‘Trump put’

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at the G-20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Brendan Smialowsi | AFP | Getty Images Over the weekend, both the U.S. and China agreed to reciprocally slash tariffs on each other for 90 days from 125% to 10%. That’s much more than expected, as Trump on Friday has said that an 80% tariff on China “seems right!” The U.S. is still keeping its 20% fentanyl-related levy on China, so the total du…