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Dollar rises after Trump unveils new tariffs; bitcoin at record
11 July 2025 11:58
SINGAPORE (Reuters) The US dollar rose on Friday, fuelled by upheavals in the global trade landscape, as US President Donald Trump announced more import tariffs, ranging from 35% on neighbouring Canada to plans for blanket levies of 15% or 20% on most trade currencies initially held in tight ranges in early Asian trade, though the dollar gained ground later after Trump's latest comments boosted uncertainty over his evolving trade Canadian dollar was down 0.27% at C$1.3693, following a knee-jerk fall of more than 0.5% after Trump unveiled a tariff rate of 35% on imports from the neighbour, starting August European Union could receive a letter on tariff rates by Friday, Trump said the day before, throwing into question the progress of the bloc's trade talks with euro fell 0.2% to $1.1682, heading for a weekly decline of about 0.9%.The risk-sensitive Australian dollar also slipped 0.11% to $0.6581 as the market mood President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he sought a diplomatic solution to Trump's threat of 50% tariffs on the country, but vowed to reciprocate like-for-like if they take effect on August Brazilian real was little changed at 5.5321 per dollar, though set to lose 2% on the week for its steepest such decline in nearly five sterling was down 0.16% at $1.3558 and was set to lose more than 0.6% on the New Zealand dollar fell 0.34% to $0.6015 and the yen slid 0.44% to 146.91 a Japanese currency was headed for a weekly decline of roughly 1.6%, after Trump slapped tariffs of 25% on Tokyo this the market reaction to Trump's slew of new tariffs has been largely muted compared to April's manic sell-off after "Liberation Day", investors remain on tenterhooks about global trade and whether the August 1 deadline is in turn has supported the dollar, which was up 0.2% against a basket of currencies at 97.79, and set to end the week with a gain of 0.8%.In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin scaled yet another record high of $117,685.96, driven partly by demand from institutional investors."The ... new record reflects the resilience of global risk appetite even in the face of Trump tariffs, as well as high optimism over US legislative proposals," said DBS FX and credit strategist Chang Wei was referring to measures the US House is set to advance in its upcoming 'Crypto Week'.
Ether similarly jumped more than 6% to a five-month high of $3,017.81.
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