19 m. ago Trump’s 100% film tariffs to send ‘shock waves’ through global industry – US politics live

US president announces move, citing ‘national security threat’ to US film sectorMeanwhile, Germany has said it “strongly rejects” criticism by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of its domestic spy agency’s decision to label the far-right AfD party as an extremist group.“I reiterate that the insinuations contained (in his comments) are certainly unfounded,” foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said.This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, and this is a key growth sector in the government’s industrial strategy,” she said.“These tariffs, coming after Covid and the recent slowdown, could deal a knock-out blow to an industry that is only just recovering and...

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48 m. ago Trump’s tariffs get one thing right: capitalism is changing | Avram C Alpert

The president’s protectivist trade vision is deeply flawed. But he has picked up on something Democrats are missingTrying to understand Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs based solely on economic theory won’t work. As the US president himself said: “Chronic trade deficits are no longer merely an economic problem, they’re a national emergency that threatens our security and our very way of life.” That may be why, as many economists have pointed out, there’s simply no good economic case for his plans.But few commentators have understood that facts and figures aren’t the whole point of the tariffs. As always, economics is part of a broader political vision. The tariffs help Trump make his claim that a way of life is under threat and he alone can protect it. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump's trade demands go beyond tariffs to target perceived unfair practices

President Donald Trump's trade war isn't just about tariffs

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2 h. ago Trump live: President orders reopening of Alcatraz prison and attacks ‘radicalized judges’ on deportations

Commander-in-chief insists notorious San Francisco penitentiary should be revived as he ramps up his moves to deport illegal immigrants

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2 h. ago Albanese holds ‘warm’ talks with Trump on Aukus and tariffs after election win

Anthony Albanese is first Australian prime minister in decades to win a second straight term

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3 h. ago Donald Trump hits movies made in the UK with 100% tariffs: Blow to Britain's film industry as President turns up trade war to save 'dying' Hollywood

Incentive programmes for years have influenced where movies are shot, increasingly driving film production out of California and to other states and countries with favourable tax incentives.

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5 h. ago Albanese has ‘very warm’ call with Trump, who says he has ‘no idea’ who Dutton is

Re-elected PM foreshadows meeting with US president after conversation that covered tariffs and Aukus treaty Australian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has had a “very warm” conversation with Donald Trump about tariffs and Aukus, foreshadowing a coming meeting with the US president after Labor’s election win.Trump was asked earlier on Monday about the Australian election at the White House. He said, “I’m very friendly with” Albanese, but distanced himself from the Liberal leader, Peter Dutton.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 h. ago ‘Feed the gorilla’: How corporate America fought Trump’s tariffs threat

Threat of a damaging trade war sparked a lobbying campaign by the world’s most powerful business leaders

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6 h. ago De Beers chief says Trump’s diamond tariffs are of no benefit to US jobs

Industry body warns that more than $100bn is at risk if the precious stones are not exempted from duties

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9 h. ago Donald Trump declares foreign films 'national security threat' and slaps bombshell 100% tariff on imports including UK movies

Former President Donald Trump has declared the American film industry is "dying a very fast death" as he announced his administration would impose a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies

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10 h. ago Trump announces 100% tariff on movies produced outside US to save Hollywood 'dying a very fast death'

President Donald Trump astonishingly announced on Sunday that he would be imposing a 100 percent tariff on any movie produced outside of the United States.

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10 h. ago President Trump threatens 100% tariffs on foreign films: ‘The movie industry in America is dying’

‘We want movies made in America, again!’ proclaimed the President

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10 h. ago Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariffDonald Trump on Sunday announced on his Truth Social platform a 100% tariff on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”.In his post, he claimed to have authorized the Department of Commerce and the US trade representative to immediately begin instituting such a tariff, although he gave no details on how it would be implemented. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago World's biggest investor managing $1.8TRILLION reveals his strategy for dealing with Trump's tariffs

Nicolai Tangen, the chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management - Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign-wealth fund - revealed how he is grappling with Trump-imposed tariffs.

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14 h. ago Chinese exporters ‘wash’ products in third countries to avoid Trump tariffs

Asian neighbours wary of becoming staging posts for trade actually destined for US

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18 h. ago Trump’s tariffs guru claim that UK is ‘compliant servant of communist China’ branded ‘crazy’

Peter Navarro has launched a furious attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s relationship with China but sources close to the Trump administration have told The Independent that he is a ‘dangerous influence on the president’

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29 h. ago Australian PM shrugs off questions about Donald Trump as other world leaders congratulate him

Anthony Albanese gets back to work after celebratory brunch in Sydney – saying, ‘We’ve got a big job to do’Australian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says his job is to “represent Australia’s national interest” after his thumping election win, shrugging off questions about when he might visit the United States to speak to Donald Trump about tariffs and trade.The re-elected prime minister said he had spoken to the leaders of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, France and the UK, and looked forward to calls with the presidents of Indonesia and Ukraine.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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30 h. ago 'I missed my son's 12th birthday to save Britain's steel industry'

The Manchester Evening News speaks to the man at the centre of the race to save British Steel and deal with Trump's tariffs and a global trade war

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32 h. ago Singapore’s ruling party sweeps to victory as voters opt for stability

PAP’s 16th consecutive win comes as Donald Trump’s tariffs rattle trade-reliant financial hub

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38 h. ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett says majority of GOP lawmakers think Trump’s tariffs are ‘crazy’

The Texas representative said that many of her Republican colleagues saw the ongoing chaos as a result of the president’s tariffs as ‘a problem’

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