Is 19pc tariff a good deal?
The cat is finally out of the bag. All Pakistan’s exports to the US will now be facing a flat tariff of 19 per cent. The new tariff rate is…
HEC officers to get training at Civil Services Academy
The Civil Services Academy (CSA) Lahore on Tuesday inaugurated a specialised training programme for the officers of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan. The training is being held under the theme,…
Court bailiff helps Dr Qayyum resume charge as HEC executive director
A court bailiff on Friday helped Dr Ziaul Qayyum in resumption of charge as the executive director (ED) of the Higher Education Commission. The ED was removed by the HEC commission…
Trump gets his way on tariffs, but global trade system intact for now
President Donald Trump has succeeded in strong-arming nations to accept higher tariffs on US exports, yet for now experts see little threat to the postwar trend of lower duties in…
Tariff truce or trade shock?
The tariff-truce clock is ticking – and global markets are grinding their teeth. In less than two weeks, President Trump will decide whether to extend the temporary pause on China…
Trump unlikely to enforce tariff threat on Russian oil
US President Donald Trump is unlikely to follow through on his threat to place 100% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil because it would worsen politically-damaging inflation pressures and…
Trump’s dealmaker name on the line in high stakes tariff talks
President Donald Trump set out early in his second term to fulfill a decades-long desire of reshaping US trade with the world, but the main outcomes so far have been…
Developing effective capacity
THE government, at least at the federal level, wants to do rightsizing to show it is cutting down on expenses and achieving austerity. It has tried to cut jobs in…
For Europe, 30pc US tariff would hammer trade, force export model rethink
The 30 percent tariff on European goods threatened by US President Donald Trump would, if implemented, be a game-changer for Europe, wiping out whole chunks of transatlantic commerce and forcing…
High-priced stocks and bonds raise tariff threat for markets
Global markets are telling conflicting stories about the possible longer-term impact of US tariffs on growth, a schism that investors say means either stocks or bonds could see a steep…
