Foreign stocks in developed markets ex-US are still the global performance leader by far in 2025, based on a set of ETFs through Monday’s close (May 12).

America can explain to China its reasons for the tariffs in the simplest of terms: ‘We must raise revenue. Our government is nearly bankrupt.’ Y et another China “trade deal

The talks in Switzerland resulted in significant cuts to the tit-for-tat tariffs that had been stacked up since January on both sides. The US will lower those tariffs from 145% to 30%, while China's retaliatory tariffs on US goods will drop to 10% from 125%.

The U.S. and China announced today that they were temporarily reducing the triple-digit tariffs that had shaken the global economy. For the next 90 days, imports from China are set to face a minimum fee of 30 percent,