U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday enacted 10% base tariffs on most imports, continuing his strategy of encouraging domestic investment and helping companies that seek to avoid import taxes, according to a Bloomberg report on Saturday.
Although the base duty is already starting to apply, for some countries the higher duties, which replace rather than add to the prime rate, will take effect April 9.
These new tariffs raised U.S. duties to the highest level in more than a century, dealing a major blow to the global trading system that emerged after World War II and which Trump has long called unfair, the publication reported.
The U.S. president’s statement sent U.S. stocks plummeting, with the S&P 500 index plunging to its lowest level in 11 months, losing $5.4 trillion in market value in just two trading sessions to end the week. It was the biggest two-day drop since the U.S. pandemic began in March 2020.
Afterward, Trump said he was willing to cut duties if other countries offered him something “phenomenal”.
On April 3, the Finance Ministry announced a tender for voluntary insurance of motor vehicles (CASCO), according to the Prozorro e-procurement system.
The total expected cost of the service is 143 thousand UAH. The last day for accepting bids is April 11.
Chinese and EU authorities have agreed to resume talks on duties on electric cars, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said at a press conference. The talks will resume as soon as possible to create favorable conditions for investment and cooperation between Chinese and European companies, the ministry said.
US President Donald Trump announced the day before that he would impose additional 34 percent duties on goods from China and 20 percent duties on EU shipments. Earlier, he also imposed 25% duties on all car imports. In turn, the EU imposed higher duties on Chinese electric cars last year, including 17 percent for BYD, 18.8 percent for Geely and 35.3 percent for SAIC.
In January, the three companies went to the Court of Justice of the European Union to appeal the new duties. Last November, Beijing and Brussels discussed the possibility of replacing duties for China with an obligation to sell electric cars at a minimum price.
Chinese authorities, duties on electric cars, EUROPEAN UNION
PJSC “Ukrainian Fire Insurance Company” (UFCI) in 2024 attracted insurance payments totaling UAH 559 mln, which is 17% higher than in 2023, as reported on the website of the Rating Agency IBI-Rating in the information on confirmation of the long-term credit rating of the company at the level of “uaAA”, forecast “in development”.
According to RA data, the strategic types of insurance for the company are transport insurance (MTPL, CASCO and other motor liability) – 50% of premiums, as well as medical and health insurance (9% and 7% respectively). Channels of sales of the insurer are well diversified that promotes stable dynamics of receipts of insurance payments, RA indicated.
Last year, UPIC made insurance payments in the amount of UAH 139.8 mln, which is 7.6% less than in 2023. The company’s profit amounted to UAH 15.8 mln against UAH 22.6 mln in 2023.
It is reported that the agency for analytical research for the purpose of updating the rating of the company used materials of UPIC, in particular, financial statements for 2022-2024 and other necessary internal information, as well as data from open sources, which RA considers reliable.
RA has attributed to positive factors of the insurer’s activity a significant stock of assets, which can be represented by insurance reserves on deposits in banking institutions (in particular state-owned) with credit ratings corresponding to high investment level according to the national rating scale.
PJSC UPIC has been operating in the insurance market since 1992. The majority shareholder and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Alexander Mikhailov.
The insurer is a member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine and works with 25 risks within 18 classes of insurance.
payments to clients, PJSC UPIC, Ukrainian Fire Insurance Company
Passenger flow through western border of Ukraine in September 2024, thousand
