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What are all your worries these days about what the trade war is doing with your stocks, ETFs and mutual funds?It’s an investment, people. Sometimes I blow it.After amazing returns over the past five years, the stock market will always be drastically declining. At the very least, tariffs appear to be a turning point for Canadian stocks.In Season 7 episode of Globe and Mail’s Stress Test Personal Finance Podcast, we asked if investing in the stock market means that essentially means you need to punch your face by investing every few years. Brown’s reply: “Most.”Get ready to be punched. If…

Open this photo in the gallery:European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will attend the summit held in Brussels, Belgium on March 6th.Stephanie Lecock/ReutersThe European Union retaliated against US President Donald Trump’s new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum with counter tariffs on counter tariffs on US goods worth US$28 billion, which will begin in April.”The European Union must act to protect consumers and businesses,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement Wednesday morning. “The measures we are taking today are strong but proportionate.”The announcement marks a massive escalation in the transatlantic and global trade war…

US President Donald Trump’s second administration has brought structural changes to European security calculations. With growing uncertainty over the US cuts and the collapse of post-World War II security arrangements, European leaders scrambled to submit alternatives. “We need to discuss both the British and French European nuclear powers and at least nuclear security from the UK and France would apply to the US,” said Friedrich Merz, head of the Christian Democratic Union, which was already expected to become the next German prime minister ahead of last month’s election. Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said that in response to Mertz…

“Member countries can explore whether or not they will find a third country and whether or not they are possible,” he said. “It’s a matter of negotiation, agreement, arrangement.” Braces for the Battle of Congress Borrowing heavily from the far-right playbook, the Returns bill is one of the main EU campaign promises of Right European People’s Party (EPP) Chairman Ursula von der Reyen to draw voters back from the European populist movement. As Congress prepares to begin negotiations, questions remain as to whether the centralist coalition that comprises the EPP, socialists, Democrats and renewal groups liberals will seek to approve…

mOsko’s immeasurable military mobilization clearly does not aim exclusively for Ukraine. Unless Vladimir Putin accepts a ceasefire with meaningful security guarantees, the war will never end. If anything, we could see the expansion of Russian invasion beyond Ukraine. The gloomy reality is that Europe is still facing an unprecedented threat, and despite signs of Ukraine’s progress in speaking in Jeddah, we are facing it.What’s even worse, we must now stand against the United States, which is opposed to us. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appear to share plans: regimes like Vichy in Ukraine and continental Europe are divided into territories…

German steelmaker workers Salzgitter AG stands in front of a furnace at Salzgitter factory in Germany on March 1, 2018.Fabian Bimer | ReutersThe European Union responded quickly to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that came into effect Wednesday, retaliating with its own punitive measures that it said was necessary to protect consumers and businesses.The White House confirmed missions that affect Canada, Australia, the EU and others late Tuesday, but said Trump is no longer planning to raise metal tariffs from Canada to 50%.The EU has responded quickly, saying it will impose counter-offenses on US goods…

The United States will begin implementing a law requiring Canadians to visit the country for more than 30 days to register with the authorities, according to two Canadian officials who asked them to remain anonymous because they were not permitted to talk about the records.The new requirements are rooted in existing immigration laws, saying foreigners over the age of 14 are not yet registered with US authorities. However, in reality, this rule has not been consistently applied to Canadians who travel to the US through land borders.On the first day of his current term, President Trump signaled that practices would…

Jenny Massey is always looking for talent. She is a partner at executive search company KBRS and is actively recruiting senior-level executives around the world.Now her eyes are in the United States.She said job seekers in the state typically make up 5-10% of applicants. That number has swelled to 30%, the first time since Donald Trump took office.”It’s a massive increase in a relatively short period of time and I only hope it grows,” she said. US Presidents Donald Trump and Elon Musk have reduced and reduced government waste, fraud and bloated federal workers. (Brandon Bell/AP)The number of job seekers…

The Kremlin refused to immediately commit a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin said the US must explain first.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was waiting for “details” from Washington after meetings between senior Saudi American officials and Ukrainian officials.”We assume that in the coming days, Secretary of State (Marko) Rubio and advisor (Michael) Waltz are informing us that they have reached negotiations and understanding that have happened through various channels,” Peskov told reporters in Moscow, adding that the Kremlin can organize calls between Putin and Donald Trump if necessary.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed…

Canada will announce $29.8 billion in retaliation tariffs in the US on Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, Canadian officials said.The official rejected the name.The increase in tariffs on Trump’s steel and aluminum imports came into effect Wednesday as a campaign to sort the US-favorable global trade standards as previous exemptions, tax exemption allocations, product exclusions expired.Canada is the largest foreign supplier of steel and aluminum for the United States.The escalation of the US-Canadian trade war came when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepared to hand over power this week to his successor Mark Carney, who…