1 week ago Tuna, beans, Spam: Trump’s tariffs threaten the canned foods millions rely on to survive

The US president vowed to cut food costs, but experts warn metal tariffs may raise prices in a matter of monthsCanned foods make up a big part of 20-year-old Cale Johnson’s diet: tuna, corned beef hash, beans, chicken soup, Spam and fruit. They’re affordable and have a long shelf life, which is essential for many people in the US like Johnson, who earns a low income and works two part-time jobs in addition to being a full-time student in Omaha, Nebraska.In the days after Donald Trump’s recent decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum, Johnson says he’s worried. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer admits finalising his US trade deal could take WEEKS after Trump spares UK steel industry from latest 50% tariffs

Donald Trump is offering 'different treatment' to Britain after doubling tariffs on imports from other countries to 50 per cent.

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2 w. ago Relief as Trump spares UK steel industry from latest 50% tariffs

Donald Trump is offering 'different treatment' to Britain after doubling tariffs on imports from other countries to 50 per cent.

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2 w. ago British industry exempted from Trump’s doubling of steel tariffs

But UK bosses are pressing Sir Keir Starmer for a rapid implementation of the trade deal agreed with the president

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3 w. ago Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles

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3 w. ago Trump's doubling of steel tariffs to 50 per cent 'would be body blow to British industry'

The US President met with workers at a steel plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on Friday night and said he would be doubling tariffs on imports from 25 per cent to 'further secure' the industry.

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 wild and unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes shocking comment about Joe Biden's cancer

As we bid farewell to Elon Musk as a semi-on the books government employee, Trump managed to offend cancer sufferers and double steel tariffs all while failing to rule out a pardon for Diddy. Just another quiet day in Trump world

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3 w. ago Trump says he will double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50%

US president escalates global trade war two days after a court ruled against the legality of his levies

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3 w. ago Trump says he will double tariffs on US steel imports to 50%

US president escalates global trade war days after a court ruled some of his levies illegal

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3 w. ago Trump DOUBLES tariffs on steel imports as he pledges to turn the Rust Belt into the 'Golden Belt' during Pittsburgh appearance

Donald Trump announced he was doubling tariffs on steel imports during an appearance Friday afternoon in Pittsburgh to tout a steel deal between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon.

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3 w. ago Trump says he is doubling tariffs on imported steel to 50% – US politics live

President makes announcement that he is raising tariff from 25% at Pennsylvania rally celebrating US Steel and Nippon Steel ‘partnership’Trump warms to Nippon Steel, backing ‘partnership’ with US SteelThe Republican nominee for governor of Virginia has recently tried to distance herself from her longstanding, hardline anti-abortion record, declining recently to state whether she would support any restrictions on abortion access if she is elected to lead the state this fall. But her record reveals a candidate staunchly opposed to the procedure.Winsome Earle-Sears, now the state’s lieutenant governor, supported a 15-week abortion ban and has previously said she wants to make abortion illegal in almost all cases. In audio obtained by the Guardian, Earle-Sears also suggested an equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy. Continue reading...

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