76 m. ago As China and the US spar, countries brainstorm over how to cope with the trade war

As President Donald Trump and China spar over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves, governments elsewhere are brainstorming over strategies for coping with the trade war between the world’s top two economies

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86 m. ago Rachel Reeves warns of 'huge implications' for Brit families after Trump tariffs

The Chancellor refused to rule out retaliating over tariffs introduced by Donald Trump as she told anxious Brits 'we have your backs' in an update in the House of Commons

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88 m. ago EU sanctions policy ‘failed’ to make impact on Russia, says Hungarian minister – Europe live

Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, claims sanctions ‘hit European economy more than Russian economy’Péter Szijjártó, a frequent visitor to Moscow despite the continuing Russian aggression against Ukraine, also told Bloomberg that the EU’s sanctions policy “has failed” as he claimed it “hit European economy more than the Russian economy”.He said that Hungary’s view on rolling over the existing sanctions will “depend a lot on the geopolitical circumstances”, with Budapest closely following the progress of Trump-led talks with Russia. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Voices: How Trump’s ‘Panican’ jibe at his tariff critics could backfire

The US president responded to a growing backlash from critics of his tariffs by claiming are members of a new ‘weak and stupid’ party. Simon Walters argues that the ‘Panicans’ will be proven right

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2 h. ago Elon Musk 'spent the weekend begging Donald Trump to cancel his tariffs', bombshell report claims

The world's richest man launched a desperate plea with Donald Trump to scale back his tariff plans just days before the following market fallout ate away at Tesla's stocks

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2 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 08 April: Markets rally on dealmaking hopes, S&P 500 seen higher

Buyers returned to the London stock market today after a three day rout triggered by Donald’s Trump’s trade war threats.

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2 h. ago Musk made direct appeal to Trump to reverse sweeping tariffs, report claims

Billionaire Elon Musk made personal appeals to the Donald Trump to reverse his aggressive plan to make sweeping tariff increases, a new report has claimed.

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2 h. ago Trump lawmaker's blundering attempt to defend tariffs on island inhabited by penguins

President Donald Trump decided to implement retaliatory tariffs against all other countries, including the McDonald and Heard islands, which are in the remote Indian Ocean and populated by penguins

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3 h. ago EU pledges to make a 'good deal' with the US to appease Donald Trump

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday the EU had offered the United States a bilateral tariff exemption for cars and other industrial goods

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3 h. ago Ursula von der Leyen speaks with Chinese premier on trade and ‘avoiding further escalation’ – Europe live

European Commission president meets Li Qiang about Europe and China’s ‘responsibility to support reformed trading system’ and push for negotiationsGermany has temporarily suspended accepting new refugees via a UN resettlement programme, pending the outcome of the coalition negotiations and the new government formation, the German press agency DPA reported.The DPA’s report said that almost all resettlement applications will be suspended until the new government takes office, with only “well advanced” cases expected to be processed. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago What is a 'Panican'? Donald Trump coins new term amid trade war turmoil

As stock market losses continue to be felt across the US, President Donald Trump is urging Americans not to be “Panicans”

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4 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 08 April: Markets rally, Nikkei surges 6% on hopes of trade talks

Buyers returned to the London stock market today after a three day rout triggered by Donald’s Trump’s trade war threats.

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4 h. ago Bizarre moment Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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4 h. ago ‘Everything is political’: how film can guide us through difficult times

As Trump’s divisive second term threatens the liberties of many Americans, movies from Z to Spartacus to V for Vendetta have become more and more relevantFrom its opening frame, Costa-Gavras’s political thriller Z promises to be an unflinching denunciation of authoritarianism. The kinetic camera work matches its forthright narrative of state-sponsored violence and the erosion of democracy. The Greek expatriate director’s film is loosely based on the 1963 assassination of the democratic leader Grigoris Lambrakis and although it was released in 1969, when Costa-Gavras reigned as a political storyteller, the film still has something to say today in this “golden age” for the United States.In the flurry of Donald Trump’s executive orders, I found myself watching Z again as I contemplated how we arrived at this political moment – the polarization, disinformation, corruption and complicity by individuals and institutions that precede and abet the collapse of democracy – and what cinema can...

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4 h. ago Donald Trump rejects EU’s proposals for ‘zero for zero’ tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods – Europe live

US president tells reporters offer ‘is not good enough’, putting further dent in European hopes for negotiated solution instead of trade warUS president Donald Trump openly rejected the EU’s proposals for a “zero for zero” tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods, telling reporters in the Oval Office it was not good enough.His comments are not entirely surprising as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič already indicated there were no signs that the offer, made originally in February, would be taken up. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago FTSE 100 rebounds after Donald Trump tariffs wiped £7trillion off global shares

Financial markets in Asia and Europe have staged a partial recovery despite China hitting back at a fresh wave of threatened import tariffs by China.

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5 h. ago Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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5 h. ago Bombshell poll shows what Brits now think of US after Donald Trump's tariff chaos

Eye-opening data shows 15% of UK voters now view the US as an enemy, while just 43% believe Washington is an ally as alarm grows over Donald Trump's swingeing tariffs

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5 h. ago Donald Trump's tariffs could push up price of iPhones but lead to cheaper mortgages

The ongoing fall-out from President Trump's tariff bombshell has implications for everything from pensions to the price of gadgets

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6 h. ago Donald Trump tariffs crisis LIVE: China vows to 'fight till the end' as markets on edge

Donald Trump is refusing to back down on his plans for crippling tariffs around the world which have already led to huge drops in stock market prices and there is fear for more chaos to come

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