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‘Apple CEO worried about losing edge to Samsung with tariffs’

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook voiced concerns about chief competitor Samsung Electronics getting an edge because its products, unlike Apple’s, won’t be subject to tariffs when imported by the US. Cook and Trump had dinner, while the president was at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump described the conversation to reporters ...

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‘Fighting climate change will help economic growth’

Bloomberg Slowing the pace of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement has clear economic benefits as global warming is increasingly seen as a risk to financial stability and the economy. Abiding by the Paris Agreement and limiting annual average temperature increases to 0.01 degree celsius reduces global income by 1.07% by 2100. That compares with a 7.22% hit ...

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Support for free trade among Americans on rise in new poll

Bloomberg Support for free trade among Americans is on the rise, as backing for President Donald Trump — the self-described “Tariff Man” — dips to its lowest level in more than a year, an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll showed. Almost two-thirds — 64% — see free trade as good for the US, an all-time high for the survey series. Support ...

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