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Decline in output and new orders in April allied with rising uncertainty is prompting layoffs, survey findsBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s factories suffered a slump in export orders last month as Donald Trump’s globally unsettling tariff regim…
Fellow carmakers Stellantis and Mercedes withdraw financial guidance for year over impact of trade warThe British sportscar maker Aston Martin is limiting exports to the US in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs, while its counterparts Stellantis and Me…
Index of activity drops to lowest reading since December 2023 as a result of ‘sharp changes’ in international trading China’s factory activity slowed in April, with Beijing blaming “sharp changes” in the global economy as it fights a mounting trade wa…
Number of vessels scheduled to arrive at Port of Los Angeles next week is down by almost a third year on yearBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s increasingly erratic trade war has triggered a slump in container shipments to the US’s most impor…
EY Item Club predicts GDP of only 0.8% this year as Ipsos Mori poll shows three-quarters of Britons expect economy to get worseThe UK economy is set to slow sharply for the next two years as Donald Trump’s global tariff war weighs on consumer spending …
In Washington, UK chancellor stresses work being done to improve economic links with EuropeBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has said the UK’s trading relationship with the EU is “arguably even more important” than that with the US, as she pr…
Beijing will ‘strengthen bottom-line thinking’ as reports say it could drop tariffs on some US products Business live – latest updatesXi Jinping has announced a plan to counter China’s continuing economic problems and the impact of the US trade war, as…
Pam Bondi, US attorney general, says conduct of federal employees who leak information to media is ‘treasonous’. This blog is now closed.Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to r…
President’s comments follow Chinese government’s denial of ‘baseless’ claim that Washington was close to dealThe US and China held talks on Thursday to help resolve the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, Donald Trump said.“We may reve…
The UK is being dragged in opposing directions by international forces in its quest for growthRiding two horses is hard enough, but diplomats are joking in private that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are trying to ride three.At the International Moneta…