8 h. ago Trump on tariff deals at town hall: ‘I’m in less of a hurry than you’

The president appeared to row back on claims he had already made agreements with hundreds of countries, downgrading them to just a handful of ‘potential deals’

Economics

28 h. ago Commerce Secretary says US is close to first tariff deal, days after Trump bragged he already had 200 deals

Commerce Secretarty Howard Lutnick says he has a deal done but won’t name the country

Economics

69 h. ago US tariff war hurting trade with China; M&S tells hundreds of warehouse agency staff not to come to work after cyber

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBack in Beijing, China’s foreign ministry has said President Xi Jinping had not spoken to Donald Trump.The ministry also denied that the two administrations are in talks to strike a tariff deal, which contradicts a claim from Trump last week.“As far as I know, the two heads of state have not called each other recently,“I would like to reiterate that China and the U.S. have not conducted consultations or negotiations on the tariffs issue. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump administration tipped off Wall Street execs about possible India tariff deal: Fox report

The move raises new accusations of insider trading by the Trump administration and its cronies

Economics

6 d. ago China calls reports of ongoing US tariff talks ‘baseless’ while Trump claims administration ‘actively’ seeking deal – live

Spokesperson for China’s ministry of commerce says any claims of progress in China-US negotiations are ‘without factual evidence’South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he talked about the war in Ukraine and the need to foster good bilateral relations with the US in his phone call with Donald Trump.“We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths... to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations,” Ramaphosa wrote in a post on X. Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago China schools Trump on the art of a tariff deal: Don’t threaten us

Donald Trump has announced he’s willing to back way off Chinese tariffs after his levy package hit the stock market, the strength of the dollar, small businesses and American jobs.

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8 d. ago White House insists it can still seal 75 trade deals in 90 days – but says it’s currently only in talks with 34 countries

Trump administration isn’t backing down from raising import taxes despite warnings of an impending recession as a result of higher tariffs

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2 w. ago We don't want more visas, says India's top diplomat in London on trade deal with UK amid Trump tariff chaos

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

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2 w. ago UK scrambles for deal to stop Trump imposing 25% tariff on medicine imports amid jobs fears

Donald Trump has said he is drawing up levies on foreign drugs, suggesting they could be 25 per cent and take effect in the 'not too distant future'.

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2 w. ago Companies are already adding a ‘Trump surcharge’ to bills to deal with tariff price increases

Trump’s economic approval rating has fallen since he announced blanket tariffs on most countries earlier this month

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2 w. ago UK would need ‘extraordinary’ deal to go below 10% tariff, Trump adviser says

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government still hopes an economic deal with America can be reached.

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2 w. ago Starmer urged to accelerate global trade deals after Trump tariff chaos

Exclusive: The UK is warned it cannot isolate itself from the effects of a trade war between the US and China after Donald Trump’s U-turn on tariffs

Economics

3 w. ago Stock markets stage £1.2trillion snapback amid hopes of tariff deals with Donald Trump

After a bruising few days for financial markets, shares have staged a partial recovery on the possibility of trade deals with China and others - but time is running out

Economics

3 w. ago Trump reveals his bold response to world leaders who BEGGED for tariff trade deal... as he gives chilling warning to China

The president, 78, told reporters onboard Air Force One that he has spoken to European and Asian leaders since his worldwide tariffs went into effect - devastating the world's stock markets.

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3 w. ago White House shares staggering number of countries who want to make deals on tariffs

Over 50 countries that have reached out to the Trump administration to negotiate tariff deals, according to a White House advisor.

Economics

3 w. ago Tariff deals with foreign governments not a priority for Trump, say US officials

After markets tumble, president reiterates that his policies ‘will never change’ in social media post

Politics

4 w. 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.

Politics

4 w. ago UK not ‘out of the woods’ on tariff hit even if deal is done with Trump – Reeves

The Chancellor said the UK would not indulge in ‘posturing’ over a possible response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Economics

last month No country better placed than UK to strike tariff deal with Trump, business secretary claims

The business secretary said nowhere is better placed to negotiate a carve-out from Donald Trump’s tariffs than Britain

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