An unpredictable, whimsical and disruptive tariffs policy of US President Donald Trump could be counterproductive for US consumers and its geopolitical and geostrategic interests as unpredictability spawns uncertainty, which stymies investment and hiring. According to The Economist, Trump announced and then postponed 25% punitive tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. The US president was usi
Yes, although not fully implemented except during the tenure of former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, there are strong reasons to believe that reducing taxes on salaried individuals could generate enough political support to tilt election outcomes in favour of policymakers. Ultimately, isn't that what they aim for? Last week, India's Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, unveiled the country's
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WEEKS after the Chinese startup DeekSeek took the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry by storm with the launch of its low-cost, high-quality chatbot, American politicians still seem to be struggling to come to grips with the ‘shock of the century’. As expected, the US lawmakers have brought forth in the House of Representatives a bill to ban DeepSeek — which shook the lead American tec
PAKISTAN is one of the most exciting markets to be in,” said Shahebaz Khan, Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions, CEMEA, Visa. The economy is not highly digitised, but it has the fifth largest Gen Z population in the world, which are more likely to spend digitally than the preceding generations, he explains. Counterintuitively, the informal small and medium ent