49 m. ago Nike’s ‘Made in Vietnam’ trainers run into Trump tariff wall

Nike, Adidas and Puma shifted production to Vietnam for its cheap labour but will now be hit by 46% levy

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5 h. ago Elon breaks with Trump on tariffs as he goes public with White House dissent

Elon Musk expressed hope for a future zero-tariff agreement between the US and Europe in a bold statement made as he steps down from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency.

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6 h. ago Musk lashes out at architect of Trump’s tariffs in first public comments about shock policy

DOGE boss says Peter Navarro being Harvard trained is a ‘bad thing, not a good thing’

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7 h. ago Trump tariffs live: Starmer warns ‘world as we know it has gone’ as Jaguar Land Rover halts shipments to US

Donald Trump admits tariffs plan ‘won’t be easy’ but calls on Americans to ‘hang tough’

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8 h. ago What does Australian sovereignty look like? It’s a question we now must answer thanks to Donald Trump | Julianne Schultz

Confidence in American reliability is tumbling in every poll. As tariffs kick in, how can we adjust to not having a great superpower as our protector?Prof Hugh White, the esteemed yet critical analyst of Australian defence policy, took a deep breath, surveyed the men he had spent a lifetime debating, and said: “Donald Trump is doing us a favour.” He is proving that our old assumptions are “all wrong”.White knew this was a provocation, but maybe one whose time had come. Malcolm Turnbull agreed that this was a debate we needed to have. As the shopping list election campaign sidesteps the changed world order, the 29th prime minister used his convening power to host a forum at the press club about the bigger underlying issues.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump live updates: Millions protesting at ‘Hands Off’ rally nationwide to push back on Trump and Musk agenda

Demonstrators on Saturday are calling for the Trump administration to get its ‘hands off’ Medicaid, Medicare, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ rights

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12 h. ago Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession

Texas senator’s comments another sign of Republican unease over ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and stock market plungeTed Cruz, the US senator from Texas, has warned that his fellow Republicans risk a “bloodbath” in the 2026 midterm elections if Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs cause a recession.Cruz also warned that the president’s tariffs, if they stay in place for long and are met by global retaliation on American goods, could trigger a full-blown trade war that “would destroy jobs here at home, and do real damage to the US economy”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – live

Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next weekAmerica’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the makingIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the White House on Monday to discuss recently announced tariffs with US president Donald Trump, three Israeli officials said on Saturday, according to Reuters.The impromptu visit was first reported by Axios, which said that if the visit takes place, the Israeli leader would be the first foreign leader to meet Trump in person to try to negotiate a deal to remove tariffs. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover halts US shipments over Trump's new trade tariffs

A 25% levy on all foreign cars imported into America came into force on Thursday

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14 h. ago Trump live updates: Thousands to protest at ‘Hands Off’ rally nationwide to push back on Trump and Musk agenda

Demonstrators on Saturday are calling for the Trump administration to get its ‘hands off’ Medicaid, Medicare, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ rights

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14 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments of all vehicles to US as it addresses 'new trading terms' caused by Trump's tariffs while 9,000 British workers fear for their jobs

A 25% levy on all foreign cars imported into America came into force on Thursday, and a wider 'baseline' 10% tariff on goods imported from around the world today.

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15 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover pauses US shipments as Starmer plots course over Trump’s 10% tariff

Prime minister says the UK’s response will be ‘guided by the national interest’

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15 h. ago Blair tells Starmer NOT to hit back at Trump's tariffs as US stocks see biggest 2

Blair was speaking to students at King's College University in London on Friday, just days after President Trump unveiled major tariffs in possibly the biggest shake-up of world economics on record.

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15 h. ago Trump tariffs live: Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as 10% tariff kicks in for UK

Donald Trump admits tariffs plan ‘won’t be easy’ but calls on Americans to ‘hang tough’

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15 h. ago Trump news today: Thousands to protest at ‘Hands Off’ rally nationwide to push back on Trump and Musk agenda

Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $6 trillion in two days

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15 h. ago Donald Trump's outrageous move on DAY OFF as his wild tariffs crashed global economy

Donald Trump slapped massive tariffs across dozens of nations that he said - contrary to most economists' opinions - would boost the American economy and bring manufacturing back to the US

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16 h. ago Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs

As Keir Starmer reflects on the ongoing turmoil of Trump’s tariffs trade unions, business groups, pro-EU campaigners and Labour MPs are trying to push him to negotiate much closer ties with the EU

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16 h. ago Richard Madeley defends Donald Trump's controversial tariff decision after 'warning'

Richard Madeley shared his thoughts after economists warned that Trump's tariffs could have a dramatic impact on the cost of living, both in the USA and abroad

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16 h. ago Corporate America fears wrath of Trump as it mulls tariffs response

Executives unsure how far to go in re-engineering their businesses and hope they can lobby US president to ease policies

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16 h. ago Tariff deals with foreign governments not a priority for Trump, say US officials

After markets tumble, president reiterates that his policies ‘will never change’ in social media post

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