{"id":49807,"date":"2025-04-25T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49807\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:23:10","slug":"china-eases-some-us-tariffs-as-trump-sows-confusion-on-state-of-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49807\/","title":{"rendered":"China eases some US tariffs as Trump sows confusion on state of talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Amid growing tariff uncertainty and shifting economic signals, companies across sectors are rethinking their profit forecasts and recalibrating expectations for the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Here\u2019s a list of companies feeling the impact of US tariffs on balance sheets and strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><strong>PepsiCo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">PepsiCo (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/PEP\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEP;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEP<\/a>) on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/pepsico-cuts-annual-profit-forecast-100332532.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Thursday cut its annual;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday cut its annual<\/a> profit forecast and warned of higher production costs and more volatility from President Donald Trump&#8217;s on-again off-again trade tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">&#8220;As we look ahead, we expect more volatility and uncertainty, particularly related to global trade developments, which we expect will increase our supply chain costs,&#8221; CEO Ramon Laguarta said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><strong>American Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">American Airlines (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AAL\" data-ylk=\"slk:AAL;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AAL<\/a>) withdrew its <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/american-airlines-pulls-2025-profit-110858493.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 financial forecast;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 financial forecast<\/a> on Thursday, mirroring its peers, as concerns over discretionary budget amid tariff pressures and government spending uncertainties hinder carriers&#8217; ability to predict travel demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><strong>Merck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">For the full year, Merck (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/MRK\" data-ylk=\"slk:MRK;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRK<\/a>) lowered its earnings outlook slightly, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/merck-posts-higher-profit-puts-103346577.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:citing an estimated $200 million;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing an estimated $200 million<\/a> in additional costs for tariffs implemented to date and a charge related to a licensing deal with Hengrui Pharma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><strong>Hasbro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Hasbro (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/HAS\" data-ylk=\"slk:HAS;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HAS<\/a>) reported first-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by strength in the toymaker&#8217;s digital gaming segment, sending the company&#8217;s shares up about 4% in premarket trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The <a data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/hasbros-quarterly-revenue-beats-digital-103718419.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Play-Doh owner;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Play-Doh owner<\/a> said it would not change its annual forecast given the uncertainty related to tariffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid growing tariff uncertainty and shifting economic signals, companies across sectors are rethinking their profit forecasts and recalibrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[1395,1551,11331,49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-49807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-president-trump","10":"tag-president-xi-jinping","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114399530466207143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}