2 h. ago Lammy says Britons ‘very concerned’ as Trump claims Starmer ‘happy’ over tariffs

David Lammy said people across the country were ‘very concerned’ about how the move to slap 10% import taxes on goods would hit their own finances.

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8 h. ago Asian markets drop further as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementFull report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsSenior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with sweeping new import taxes.The Trade Review Act of 2025, co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley, a top Republican lawmaker from Iowa, a state heavily reliant on farm exports, and Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, whose state shares a border with Canada, would require the president to notify Congress of new tariffs, and provide a justification for the action and an analysis on the potential impact on US businesses and consumers. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Greater Manchester businesses face 'significant challenges' over US import taxes

The US is Greater Manchester's largest trading partner

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18 h. ago UK threatens to retaliate to Trump’s tariffs and draws up 400

The government draws up a 417-page list of products to target with import taxes in retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs on British goods

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21 h. ago UK could retaliate to Trump’s tariffs if no US trade deal is secured, business secretary says

The government has drawn up a 417-page list of products that could be slapped with import taxes in retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs on British goods

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23 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs could 'LOWER price' of some items for UK shoppers

Personal finance analysts say some some prices in the UK may actually come down after US President Donald Trump announced bombshell global tariffs including a 10% import tax on UK goods

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25 h. ago SNP official claims Taliban got 'better' Trump tariff deal than the UK

The Republican President slapped massive import taxes on goods coming into the US from abroad, but the levy was lower for the UK and Afghanistan at 10 per cent.

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26 h. ago Six everyday UK products set to soar in cost as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs

New tariffs could force car prices up, while prices of everyday items could be impacted by US import taxes

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27 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs: How they could impact your mortgage and interest rates in UK

US President Donald Trump has already announced a 25% tariff on all cars imported to the US, as well as import taxes on steel and aluminium, but how will tariffs impact the UK?

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33 h. ago Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs

Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plansSeveral Republican senators joined Democrats to pass a resolution that would block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare rebuke of the president’s trade policy just hours after he announced plans for sweeping import taxes on some of the country’s largest trading partners.In a 51-48 vote, four Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and both Kentucky senators, the former majority leader Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul – defied Trump’s pressure campaign and supported the measure. Democrats used a procedural maneuver to force a vote on the resolution, which would terminate the national emergency on fentanyl Trump is using to justify tariffs on Canada. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for business

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, it will be constructed from tariffs, and will enclose the entire United States.In his pugnacious and typically rambling speech on the White House lawn on Wednesday, Trump set out plans for across-the-board import taxes, ranging from 10% to more than 40%. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Why Starmer’s trade diplomacy may still bear fruit despite 10% tariffs on UK

Retaliation may not be needed as Britain likely to be ‘front of the queue’ in agreeing deal to redraw trade relationshipWhat is the best way to respond to Donald Trump and his sweeping tariffs? Keir Starmer thinks the answer is to tread softly, softly – while engaging in intensive negotiations behind the scenes.There are signs that this strategy is bearing fruit. On Wednesday night, the president announced “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world” including a 10% import tax on UK exports to the US – crucially, lower than the 20% imposed on the EU. The 10% rate was the lowest rate Trump announced and applied to several other countries including Australia, Singapore and Brazil.100 days of Trump’s presidency, with Jonathan Freedland and guests Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs mean UK will take 'pragmatic approach', Keir Starmer promises

The US President is expected to slap import taxes on goods going to the US from around the world in a White House statement at 9pm.

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52 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs: How they could impact your mortgage and investments in UK

US President Donald Trump has already announced a 25% tariff on all cars imported to the US, as well as import taxes on steel and aluminium, but how will tariffs impact the UK?

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69 h. ago UK ‘prepares for the worst’ on US tariff as ‘intense’ talks continue, says Lammy

Further details of import taxes on goods are expected to be announced by the US on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago UK braced for Trump tariffs as Downing Street admits exports unlikely to be spared

The US president is set to unveil sweeping import taxes on goods from countries around the world on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago Scots firms brace for impact of US tariffs after Downing Street talks fail

Swinney vows to take “every opportunity” to raise Trump’s import taxes on visit to New York this week

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3 d. ago Scots firms brace for impact of US tariffs as Downing Street expects UK to be hit

Swinney vows to take “every opportunity” to raise Trump’s import taxes on visit to New York this week

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3 d. ago UK braced for Trump tariffs as No 10 acknowledges exports unlikely to be spared

Downing Street said ‘we would expect the UK to be impacted by alongside other countries’ when Donald Trump sets out his import tax plans.

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6 d. ago ‘Down to the wire’: inside the UK’s crunch talks with the US as it bids to avoid Trump tariffs

Ministers seek carve-out from import taxes before 2 April deadline – but critics believe they have offered too many concessionsMinisters and senior officials at every level of government are holding talks with US counterparts this weekend in a last-ditch effort to secure a carve-out from swingeing import taxes.Government sources said ministers were raising Donald Trump’s looming tariffs as the “No 1” issue in every conversation with the US. Continue reading...

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