Today's top 5 stories highlight how global volatility, trade policy, and interest rates reshape business decisions from London to Tokyo, from gold price records to shifting car production.

Markets reel as China retaliates with heavy tariffs, critical export bans, global banks slide, and oil plunges. The U.S. Fed signals intervention. Business worldwide braces for more disruption

Proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports have sparked economic uncertainty, but Vancouver’s real estate market may sidestep direct impacts.

Canadian consumers are cutting back on spending as inflation, rising interest rates, and economic uncertainty squeeze wallets. Learn the key factors behind this pullback and its broader economic impact.