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Small businesses that import goods brace for steep price increases that they have to pass on to their customersIt’s just two days since Donald Trump launched his extraordinary tariff assault on the world in a bid to rebuild the US economy and roll back…
Figure up from 117,000 jobs added in February, far higher than expected, as unemployment rose slightly to 4.2%Business live – latest updatesThe US added 228,000 jobs in March, far more than expected, as the US economy shook off the blow from the Trump …
Four GOP senators rebuke president by voting to rescind 25% Canada tariffs, prompting praise from DemocratsUS politics live – latest updatesThe first signs of an internal US political backlash against Donald Trump’s declaration of a global trade war ar…
Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade dealCanada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark C…
All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bnUS stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a …
Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they ‘make America wealthy again’? Richard Partington reportsDonald Trump is on a mission to ‘make America wealthy again’. Speaking outside the White House, he said fo…
European markets and US futures dip sharply after news triggers sell-off across AsiaBusiness live – latest updatesGlobal stocks have fallen sharply and the US dollar hit a six-month low after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs against the US’s glob…
There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade warIt was Jeopardy!, or The Price Is Right, come to Washington.On an unseasonably chilly day in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump stood…
President promised liberation yet may have plunged the US into recession and the world into an economic scrambleDonald Trump is finally making good on his campaign promises to “build that wall” – but instead of steel fencing along the Mexican border, i…
President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upendi…