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This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest news reports here:Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesVolatility grips global stock markets as Trump insists on tariff ‘medicine’Hong Kong stocks have plummeted mo…
Carmakers will be given more flexibility over targets on transitioning to electric vehiclesKeir Starmer has said the government will step in to support key British industries, as business grapples with the economic turmoil unleashed by Donald Trump’s g…
‘Baseline’ 10% import levy takes effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses, with some higher tariffs to begin next weekDonald Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including the UK, has come into force after 48 hours of tu…
President’s shock move has no historic parallels, but the deep uncertainty for the global economy may prove as destructive as the tariffsFrom world leaders, to the tiniest manufacturers thousands of miles away from Washington, decision-makers across th…
There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on …
Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policyThe day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs.Last year, Lesotho sent about 2…
Union says the government should intervene directly and force the council to settle the disputeTrump claims Starmer ‘very happy’ about tariffsDowning Street has refused to confirm President Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer was “very happy” about the tre…
Fund boss Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade warBusiness live – latest updatesThe International Monetary Fund has warned that Donald Trump’s implementation of swingeing tariffs poses a “signifi…
US indexes suffer amid escalating global trade war as Beijing hits back with new tariffs on US goodsChina hits back hard at ‘bullying’ tariffs as global recession fears growStock-market rout continues as investors rattled by Trump tariffs‘In economic t…
Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trump’s tariffsWith characteristic humility and good grace … Hardly.Shortly after 9pm UK time on Wednesday, The Sun-Bed King…