Asia Market Movers: Trump threatens tariffs on countries with digital taxes

Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2025 News Trump threatens tariffs on countries with digital taxes Trump warned on Truth Social that he may impose significant new tariffs on countries that maintain measures he considers discriminatory, such as digital taxes or rules targeting U.S. tech firms, and a News Senior Chinese trade negotiator heads to Washington for first round of talks China's senior trade envoy Li Chenggang will visit Washington this week for the first round of negotiations with U.S. officials under the current tariff truce. The talks, which also include U.S. busin Learn more Central Banks PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.1670 – Reuters estimate People's Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as Central Banks Gold, yen, EUR, CHF all continue to move higher as the US dollar gets Trump-trashed The news as it happened: Trump says he is removing Fed Governor Cook US dollar move in response: The USD has been slammed lower on the news of Trump moving to fire Fed Governor Cook That US dollar mov Central Banks The USD has been slammed lower on the news of Trump moving to fire Fed Governor Cook Trump is moving to fire Federal Reserve Governor Cook. Cook has been under pressure for about a week to resign, Trump escalating the matter now. The USD is taking a hit both on the prospoect of this i Central Banks Trump says he is removing Fed Governor Cook US dollar falling on this further and sustained attack on Fed independence. While FX vs. the USD is jumping Gold is surging.  Trump is doing everything he can to get the Fed to cut interest rates News Japanese Services PPI (July 2025) +2.9% y/y (expected +3.2%) Japan's CSPI, or services PPI +2.9% y/y in August expected +3.2%, prior +3.2%  For the m/m +0.3% prior -0.2% Stock market update US secures $50B Boeing & GE Aerospace deal with Korean Air US secures $50B Boeing & GE Aerospace deal with Korean Air. Sources say that Korean Air will announce a new order fo r 100 Boeing aircraft on Monday, coinciding with President Lee Jae Myung's visi Learn more Central Banks Fed's Williams does not comment on monetary policy outlook in his speech New York Fed President John Williams said the era of low neutral interest rates (R-star) is not over, pointing to long-term demographic and productivity trends that continue to suppress underlying rat

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