4 h. ago ‘Spooked’ customers cancel UK orders to avoid Trump’s tariff warfare

Bosses at Tata Steel UK and British Steel say the damage to sales could be ‘significant’ after the US imposed tariffs on steel imports earlier this month

Economics

19 h. ago UK steel firms warn Trump's 'tariff warfare' has 'spooked' customers who are cancelling orders

Bosses at Tata Steel UK and British Steel said they are seeing the impact of the White House's protectionist move against US metals imports to try to prop up its own industry.

Economics

19 h. ago Steel chiefs say customers already moving to cancel orders after Trump tariffs

Bosses at Tata Steel UK and British Steel said customers are ‘spooked’ after the US imposed tariffs on steel imports earlier this month.

Economics

48 h. ago One product already paying the price of Trump’s tariff threats

The 25 percent tariffs, initially due to be applied from February, threatened billions of dollars of imports

Economics

3 d. ago Fear of a tariff ‘Trumpcession’ puts pressure on Bank and Fed over interest rates

A trade war could push up inflation when both the UK and US economies really need cheaper borrowing. So what’s a central bank to do?Monetary policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic will be considering how seriously to take Donald Trump’s threats of an all-out trade war as they give their verdict on the path of interest rates this week.The Federal Reserve, the US ­central bank, will examine the prospect of a “Trumpcession” brought on by tariffs that send import costs rocketing and convince consumers, already shellshocked from the cost of living crisis, to stop spending. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Trump spending bill passes to avert government shutdown as Democrats reel after Schumer U

Democrats warned against GOP’s ‘dismantling of government’ over shutdown vote

Politics

4 d. ago Trump live updates: Senate votes on funding bill ahead of midnight deadline to avoid government shutdown

Democrats warn against GOP’s ‘dismantling of government’ over shutdown vote

Politics

4 d. ago Trump unloads against political enemies in ‘law and order’ speech at Justice Department: Live

President makes rare appearance at the DOJ as Democrats warn against GOP’s ‘dismantling of government’ over shutdown vote

Politics

4 d. ago Trump live updates: Democrats split over Republican plan to avert government shutdown ahead of midnight deadline

Democrats warn against GOP’s ‘dismantling of government’ as judges strike down president’s mass purge of the workforce

Politics

4 d. ago Trump's tariff wars forge rare bipartisan alliance in Kentucky as bourbon makers fear escalation

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul

Politics

4 d. ago Trump to deliver rare speech at Justice Department today amid turmoil over firings and case dismissals: Live updates

President’s chaotic trade war continues to unsettle financial markets as administration suffers further political setbacks in court

Politics

4 d. ago Trump live updates: President wants to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out mass deportations

President’s chaotic trade war continues to unsettle financial markets as administration suffers further political setbacks in court

Politics

4 d. ago Trump live updates: President to deliver ‘law and order’ address at Department of Justice

President’s chaotic trade war continues to unsettle financial markets as administration suffers further political setbacks in court

Politics

5 d. ago ‘We’re ground zero’: Canada steel town is frontline of Trump’s tariff trade war

Mayor of city ‘with steel in its veins’ says ‘There’s a lot of tension a lot of worry’ as 25% export levy kicks inThe sprawling ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario has in recent months become a site of pilgrimage for Canadian political leaders.Dressed in pristine orange coveralls and hard hats, prime ministers and provincial premiers gaze at coiled sheets of steel with the stern grimaces and keen interest of generals reviewing a military parade. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Trump live updates: U.S. importers warn president’s 200% tariff threat on E.U. alcohol will kill demand

President’s chaotic trade war continues to unsettle financial markets as administration suffers further political setbacks in court

Events

5 d. ago Ed Davey calls on Keir Starmer to back Canada against Trump attacks

Lib Dem leader says PM should make public show of support for ally against ‘shocking attacks’ on its sovereigntyThe leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats has called on the prime minister to publicly support Canada and oppose the “shocking attacks” on Canadian sovereignty, as the Trump administration further escalates its global trade war against longstanding allies.Ed Davey, who leads the third largest political party in the UK, has called on Keir Starmer to travel to Canada in a show of support to the nation’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, as the commonwealth nation faces a generational crisis under Trump’s tariff war and suggestions that the country might become the 51st US state. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Trump administration briefing: Judge reinstates some fired workers, more tariff threats on EU

Judge says it is a ‘lie’ that employees at federal agencies had performance issues; Trump mulls EU alcohol tariff – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glanceA federal judge in California has granted a preliminary injunction to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers at federal agencies as part of a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees.The ruling by the judge William H Alsup applies to fired probationary employees at the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior and the Department of the Treasury. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago S&P 500 tumbles into ‘correction’ on fresh Trump tariff threats

Gold surges to all-time high as investors seek safety amid doubts over Ukraine ceasefire

Politics

5 d. ago US wine shops and importers say Trump's threatened 200% tariff on European wines would kill demand

The U.S. is suddenly looking less bubbly for European wines

Events

5 d. ago Donald Trump has gone to war on French wine and threatened EU with 200% tariffs on booze

Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on booze coming from the 'hostile and abusive' EU after a 'nasty' increase of 50% on whisky from the US was announced

Events