59 m. ago Trump tariffs live: Asian markets open in red for second day over global trade war

Trump’s tariffs caused global markets to freefall

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70 m. ago ‘We’re feeling good’: Vance insists market implosion could have been worse after shock Trump tariff announcement

‘We’re going to have a booming stock market for a long time because we’re reinvesting in the United States of America,’ vice president claims after market loses $3.1 trillion

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76 m. ago Donald Trump's tariffs show that this is a time for calm heads and no knee

Writing in the Daily Record, Salmon Scotland chief executive says the tariffs need to be carefully managed.

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77 m. ago Asian stocks slid after Wall Street surrendered to a hit by Trump's tariffs

Asian markets are retreating after Wall Street led the biggest loss among world's markets over worries about U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs

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1 hour ago Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade

Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islandsTariffs send US markets tumbling to worst day since Covid crashTrade tariffs imposed on tiny Australian territories that are either uninhabited or claim to have no trading relationship with the US appear to have been calculated based on erroneous trade data.The data relates, at least in part, to shipments mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island, or Heard Island and McDonald Islands, instead of their correct countries of origin, the Guardian can reveal. Among the erroneously-labelled shipments over the past five years from the island territories are shipments of aquarium systems, Timberland boots, wine and parts for a recycling plant. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump live: Markets see worst day since Covid after new tariffs as president teases $5m gold card featuring his face

President Trump imposes blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest

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2 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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3 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: After Trump's tariffs, this was no time to dust down the gramophone and play Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans

We took a wallop from the USS Donald Trump; but as MPs emerged from shelters and the Speaker's secretary dispensed tin mugs of sugared tea, there was a consolation: the EU copped it worse.

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3 h. ago JCB is the first big British firm planning to boost production in the US in response to Trump's tariffs

JCB has become the first major British manufacturer to say it will bolster its US operations in response to Donald Trump's tariffs.

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3 h. ago Britain did better than Europe in 'Liberation Day' tariffs because of Brexit, Labour told

Ministers were yesterday urged to thank the previous government for 'getting Brexit done', after Donald Trump levied tariffs on UK goods at only half the level imposed on the EU.

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4 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President teases $5m gold card for US entry which features his own face on day that stocks plunge globally

President Trump imposes blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest

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4 h. ago What you MUST do to protect your pension from Trump's tariffs fallout, revealed by money guru JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Not for the last time, President Trump has sent the world into a frenzy like one of those spinning tops we were given for Christmas as youngsters. Here's how you can protect your pension.

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4 h. ago As markets melt down, Trump touts $5m gold card for wealthy immigrants (featuring his face)

‘For $5 million, this could be yours,’ Trump says of card available to wealthy immigrants to buy a right to live and work in the U.S.

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5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer is 'very happy' with UK tariffs, Trump says

Stock markets took a £2trillion hit yesterday after the US president slapped huge tariffs on America's trading partners, stoking widespread fears of a recession.

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5 h. ago Trump unveils his new 'Gold Card' visa design for the first time including a VERY familiar design

President Trump held up what his administration is calling 'The Trump Card' gold card - a way for rich foreigners to pay $5 million to earn a visa and path to citizenship.

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5 h. ago Tech moguls who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of his tariffs announcement

Tech executives had argued that backing Trump might improve U.S. regulatory reform and expand investments in AI

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6 h. ago How Donald Trump's tariffs and a trade war will hit YOU... and echo around the world as map shows Britain's business links with the US

The US President announced that all imports into the US will be subject to a minimum tariff of 10 per cent.

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6 h. ago French President Macron urges suspension of US investments after Trump tariffs

Macron argues European investments in America ‘should be suspended until things are clarified ‘

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6 h. ago Sweeping Trump tariffs shock global economy, drawing threats and calls for talks

Tariff hikes announced by U.S. President Donald Trump have provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls for further negotiations to make trade rules fairer

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6 h. ago Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariff regime reverses a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers that will likely raise prices for U.S. consumers and threatens to sharply slow the economy this year

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