As bold CEO voices challenge Trump’s tariffs amid recession fears, one CEO association seems missing in action

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Steven Tian

Stephen Henriques

Despite recession fears, the business community’s response to Trump’s tariffs has been disappointingly fragmented.

As CEOs challenge Trump’s tariffs, one CEO association seems MIA

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The business community’s response to Trump’s tariffs has been disappointingly fragmented.

As CEOs challenge Trump’s tariffs, one CEO association seems MIA | Fortune

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Cameron Adams 

Winning AI adoption strategies from 4 leading companies

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Chris Maurice

The U.S. dollar’s strongest ally is crypto

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Hemant Mohapatra

India’s moment: Navigating a world torn by U.S.-China rivalry

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Annie Sartor

Worried about high prices from tariffs? Wait till the aluminum crunch America isn’t ready for

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Steve H. Hanke

Guy Petcho

U.S. corporate earnings growth is on the road to zero

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Sydney Lake

Kohl's just fired its CEO after only 100 days on the job after striking a 'highly unusual' deal with a vendor he had a personal relationship with

https://fortune.com/article/kohls-fires-ceo-ashley-buchanan-ethics-conflict-interest-unusual-vendor-relationship/?itm_source=parsely-api

Phil Wahba

Kohl’s turnaround efforts dealt major blow as its new CEO is fired in scandal involving a ‘personal relationship’ just a few months after taking the top job

https://fortune.com/article/kohls-ceo-fired-turnaround-efforts-major-blow-ashley-buchanan/?itm_source=parsely-api

Eleanor Pringle

Melinda Gates told her daughter Phoebe to ‘get up or get out the game’ when investors kept asking about her plans to have kids

https://fortune.com/article/melinda-gates-phoebe-sophia-kianni-phia-children-investment/?itm_source=parsely-api

Greg McKenna

Top Trump economist derided as ‘incoherent’ on tariffs after closed-door meeting with investors

https://fortune.com/article/trump-economist-incoherent-tariffs-investors/?itm_source=parsely-api

Dave Smith

Jason Del Rey

Amazon pours cold water on report saying it will show how tariffs affect each product's price: 'Never a consideration for the main Amazon site'

https://fortune.com/article/amazon-denies-tariffs-pricing-report/?itm_source=parsely-api

Sasha Rogelberg

Tariffs threaten a pharmaceuticals shortage, as 95% of ibuprofen comes from China

https://fortune.com/article/tariffs-threaten-pharmaceuticals-shortage-ibuprofen-china/?itm_source=parsely-api