50 h. ago Between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’: will EU hardball secure trade deal with US?

Optimism is growing in Brussels, but high-risk strategy has only weeks to play out before pause in tariff threat endsIn Brussels’ corridors of power, quiet optimism is growing that the EU’s hardball strategy to secure a US trade deal is working. While Britain quickly moved to try to cushion the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs with a deal agreed last month – and US-Chinese relations are a tit-for-tat situation – the EU has taken a different stance. “We are positioning ourselves between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’,” said a Brussels source.The stakes are not just the £706bn in transatlantic trade between the EU and US but the fallout from what diplomats and businesses say is a dangerous assault on the global rules-based system that governs western democracy. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump is ‘obsessed’ about having a call with China’s Xi this week to hammer out trade deal, insiders reveal

A person familiar with the matter reportedly said the administration is “under a lot of pressure” following China’s critical minerals blockade

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6 d. ago China vows ‘forceful measures’ after accusing US of violating tariffs truce

Beijing says it is ‘strictly implementing’ consensus reached in Geneva but US is taking steps that ‘seriously undermine’ it

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1 week ago This is how YOU can profit from the AI revolution: ANNE ASHWORTH reveals everything investors need to know

AI is changing our lives in a 21st century industrial revolution powered by semiconductors, writes Anne Ashworth (pictured).

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3 w. ago China lashes out at PM's trade deal with Trump complaining it is designed to damage them

Beijing warned the pact broke 'basic principles' after it featured a commitment to 'address non-market policies of third countries'.

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3 w. ago Britain’s biggest pawnbroker H&T snapped up by US firm for £297m; Goldman Sachs lifts UK and eurozone growth forecasts – business live

China issues warning to UK over terms of US trade deal, saying it is a ‘basic principle’ that bilateral agreements should not target other nationsHere’s our full story on the Co-op saying that that stock availability in its stores will not improve until this weekend, as it struggles to recover from a cyber-attack two weeks ago.And our full take on Burberry’s planned 1,700 job cuts. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How YOU can invest to cash in on the bombshell trade deal between China and the US: ANNE ASHWORTH

The trade deal between the US and China has sparked a wave of optimism on stock markets around the world - leaving many savers and investors wondering if they can cash in.

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3 w. ago US and China strike temporary trade truce. Could it be a turning point in Trump

After months of economic brinkmanship, world’s two largest economies have hit pause

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3 w. ago Here's how YOU can cash in on the bombshell trade deal between China and the US by our investment guru ANNE ASHWORTH

The trade deal between the US and China has sparked a wave of optimism on stock markets around the world - leaving many savers and investors wondering if they can cash in.

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3 w. ago White South Africans given ‘refugee’ status arrive in US as Trump administration told they got ‘wrong end of the stick’ – live

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans who were granted refugee status in US for being deemed victims of racial discriminationQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump says tariffs on China imports won’t return to 145% and that he sees a deal – live

Trump warns US could raise tariffs after 90-day pause on trade war with China but expresses confidence a deal will be madeChina and US agree 90-day pause to trade warQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Stock market goes berserk on China trade deal as S&P 500 set to wipe out Liberation Day losses: Live updates

Donald Trump is sure to send the stock market rebounding after a flurry of major announcements on Sunday. 

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 lags behind Europe in stock markets’ response to US

US stocks are set to open higher later on Monday, while Europe’s major markets are all up in trading

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3 w. ago Trump’s China deal leaves world exposed to trade policy lottery

Beijing and London’s pacts with US create exceedingly uncertain future

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3 w. ago Trump – live updates: US strikes trade deal with China as tariffs slashed for 90 days

Tariffs will drop 115 percent after weeks of escalation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

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3 w. ago Trump live: US strikes trade deal with China as tariffs slashed for 90 days

Tariffs will drop 115 percent after weeks of escalation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

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3 w. ago White House claims China trade deal reached while Beijing hails ‘important first steps’

US announcement comes after treasury secretary touted progress in two days of talks with Chinese vice-premier in GenevaThe White House has announced that a trade deal with China has been struck after two days of talks in Geneva, while Beijing has hailed “important first steps.”The announcement on Sunday came after the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told reporters that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of the Chinese vice-premier, He Lifeng, in Geneva on defusing the trade war between the world’s two largest economies sparked by Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump administration reveals bombshell trade deal with China weeks after tariffs ripped apart world economy

President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary struck a trade deal with China during negotiations in Switzerland this weekend.

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last month Cabinet minister slams as 'complete nonsense' report US will get veto on Chinese investment in UK in trade deal

But the Government faced a row over details of the ‘historic’ agreement which are yet to be finalised

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