Trump Officials Point to Outreach on Tariffs in a Bid to Calm Markets

President Trump’s top trade official defended the administration’s aggressive tariff moves on Tuesday, arguing before a Senate committee that the U.S. economy is facing “a moment of drastic, overdue change” after decades of being propped up by the financial sector and government spending. The remarks by Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, came as … Read more

Trump Officials Point to Outreach on Tariffs in a Bid to Calm Markets

President Trump’s top trade official defended the administration’s aggressive tariff moves on Tuesday, arguing before a Senate committee that the U.S. economy is facing “a moment of drastic, overdue change” after decades of being propped up by the financial sector and government spending. The remarks by Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, came as … Read more

Film at Lincoln Center Chooses Daniel Battsek as Next President

Film at Lincoln Center, the nonprofit organization that programs the New York Film Festival, has named the British movie executive Daniel Battsek its next president. From 2016 until early 2024, Battsek, 66, was chairman of the British production company Film4, overseeing the financing of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017) and “The Banshees of Inisherin” … Read more

Trump’s Tariffs May Rewire Markets’ Psychology

‘Can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube’ Global markets are rebounding on Tuesday even as trade tensions show little signs of cooling. To wit: Beijing vowed that it “will fight to the end” against President Trump’s latest tariff threats. Wall Street analysts have issued a flurry of downgrades for the S&P 500, and billionaire … Read more

In Paris, 5 Stores to Find Chanel, Dior and More at a Markdown

When shopping in Paris, you could follow the tourists to Avenue Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where off-the-catwalk designs are displayed like venerated artwork. Or, have an adventure and save euros hunting down “gently used” designer clothing at the city’s neighborhood dépôt-ventes, where Frenchwomen of exacting taste consign their castoffs. Unlike your average thrift … Read more