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Supreme Court Tariff Showdown: Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Trade Gamble Meets Skeptical Justices

Supreme Court Tariff Showdown: Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Trade Gamble Meets Skeptical Justices

In sum, the Supreme Court appears poised to make a definitive ruling on Trump’s tariff gambit – one that will either vindicate his bold use of emergency power or slam the brakes on it. The stakes are enormous: billions of dollars, the balance of economic power between Congress and the President, and the future course of U.S. trade policy all hang in the balance. As Hofstra law professor James Sample noted, this is “a staggeringly important case” that could reshape the economy and constitutional order for years to come abcnews.go.com. Both Wall Street and Main Street await the outcome, bracing
Tariffs & Rare-Earth Gold Rush: Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Surges 19% on New Trade Policies

Tariffs & Rare-Earth Gold Rush: Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Surges 19% on New Trade Policies

Tariff-Fueled Growth in Q3 Cleveland-Cliffs’ Q3 results revealed a tariff-fueled bump in sales. Revenue rose 3.6% year-over-year to $4.73 billion, thanks in part to the 50% tariff on imported steel imposed earlier this year marketscreener.com. The company shipped 4.0 million net tons of steel (vs 3.8 M last year), reflecting stronger orders from automakers investorshub.advfn.com. However, CLF still posted a GAAP net loss of $251 million ($0.51/share), nearly unchanged from a year ago marketscreener.com. Adjusted loss was $0.45/share, in line with forecasts. Management emphasized that new long-term contracts with Detroit automakers (Ford, GM, etc.) were secured under the new trade rules. As
20 October 2025
Stocks Rally on Trump’s Trade Pivot – But Is the Bull Run Peaking?

Stocks Rally on Trump’s Trade Pivot – But Is the Bull Run Peaking?

The late-week surge capped a rollercoaster October. Early in the week, fears of a new regional banking crisis and an abrupt 100% China tariff announcement had sent markets tumbling. But by Friday, calmer notes prevailed: Trump’s tone softened (even proposing to lower tariffs if China buys U.S. farm goods), a high-level U.S.-China meeting was penciled in, and Fed expectations remained dovish ts2.tech ts2.tech. Wall Street fixed-income veteran Robert Pavlik of Dakota Wealth summed up the confusion: “The market doesn’t really know what to take when Donald Trump speaks,” he said reuters.com. In practice, investors chose to focus on earnings and
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