30 h. ago Oh, Canada! Trump cuts off all trade talks with US’s northern neighbor citing ‘blatant attack on our country’

President’s fit of pique comes after Canada’s finance department exempted a digital services levy from a Group of Seven agreement on international taxes

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42 h. ago China, U.S. confirm details of their trade deal, Beijing says

China, U.S. confirm details of their trade deal, Beijing says  CNBC

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50 h. ago EU ready for trade deal with US but prepared to fail, says von der Leyen

European Commission president says ‘all options on the table’ as Trump threatens 50% steel tariffs The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has said the EU is ready for a trade deal with Donald Trump, but “all options remain on the table”.Von der Leyen said she was analysing the latest US negotiating document received on Thursday. “Our message today is clear, we are ready for a deal,” she told reporters, after briefing EU leaders at a summit in Brussels. “At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached and we will defend the European interest as needed. In short, all options remain on the table.” Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Merz ‘delusional’ over US sparing German cars in EU trade deal

Brussels has warned German chancellor not to expect UK-style carve-out for car sector in EU deal with Donald Trump

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59 h. ago EU leaders mull US tariff response as deadline looms over Trump’s 50% threat

European Commission expects to hear on Thursday whether leaders want quick trade deal or tough reactionEuropean leaders will tell the European Commission later on Thursday whether they want a quick trade deal with the US, or favour a tough response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, is expected to update EU leaders over dinner on Thursday on trade talks with the US ahead of a looming 9 July deadline. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago UK’s largest bioethanol plant to shut in September ‘unless Government acts’

Vivergo Fuels’ Hull site will stop production in September unless the Government can provide ‘a longer-term solution’, following the US trade deal.

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4 d. ago EU readies retaliatory tariffs to secure better trade deal with Trump

German chancellor backs more muscular approach ahead of July talks deadline

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5 d. ago EU finds 'indications' Israel is breaching their trade deal with its actions in Gaza

The European Union says there are ″indications″ that Israel's actions in Gaza are violating human rights obligations in its trade agreement with the EU

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8 d. ago I grew up on American food. Trust me, it’s the last thing Europe needs | Alexander Hurst

The EU is under pressure to strike a trade deal with Trump, but an influx of mass-produced, low-quality food must be off the tableAll over European media, the take seems to be similar – that the EU is “under pressure” to conclude some sort of deal with the US in order to avoid Donald Trump’s 9 July deadline for the unilateral imposition of broad tariffs. What might be on the table in the attempt to secure that? In early May, the EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, was already suggesting that a deal to increase purchases from the US could include agricultural products – a possibility that seems to remain even though Šefčovič later clarified that the EU was not contemplating changing its health or safety standards.Since I have failed to Abba (“Always be boldly acronyming”) and don’t have anything as good as Taco (“Trump always chickens out”) – coined by the Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong – at the ready, I’ll simply reach for the easy line: opening the door even slightly...

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1 week ago What this picture tells us about Starmer's relationship with Trump... and why PM's obsession with Europe could wreck a genuine U.S. trade deal: DANIEL HANNAN

As symbolism goes, the physical dropping of the US trade deal was hard to beat.

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1 week ago Business news live: FTSE flat as inflation higher than expected before interest rates decision

Stock market reaction and business news from Wednesday

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1 week ago Business news live: UK inflation higher than expected before interest rates decision

Stock market reaction and business news from Wednesday

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1 week ago Trump on ‘good form’, Starmer says after US president’s trade deal gaffe

Sir Keir Starmer said he rushed to pick up trade deal documents dropped by the US president in order to prevent a security scare.

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1 week ago Starmer reveals why he rushed to picked up Trump’s trade deal papers at the G7

The prime minister insists there is no reason to be concerned about the US President’s health

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1 week ago Starmer says he picked up Trump’s dropped papers to avoid security scare

UK prime minister says it ‘would not have been good’ for anyone else such as member of media to try to helpUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer said he rushed to pick up papers dropped by Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada mainly to avoid anyone else stepping forward to do so and being tackled by the US president’s security team.Speaking to reporters in Kananaskis a day after Trump fumbled some of the documents about a UK-US trade deal, letting a sheaf of papers tumble to the ground, Starmer said he had little choice but to bend down and help out. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Keir Starmer shares real reason he picked Donald Trump's papers up off the ground

After Donald Trump dropped the UK/US trade deal on the flooor at the G7 summit, the Prime Minister suggested that if anyone else had tried to pick them up it would not have ended well.

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1 week ago Starmer warned British jobs at risk without better trade deal from Trump

US tariffs for the steel industry will stand at 25 per cent for now – as negotiations over an improved deal continue

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1 week ago Business news live: FTSE 100 falls but oil shares rise after UK

Stock market reaction and business news from Tuesday

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1 week ago Samsung cuts £200 of entire Galaxy S25 range to all shoppers who do this one thing

Customers can get at least £200 off a new Galaxy S25, S25+ or S25 Ultra when they trade in their old phone, even if it's broken or cracked

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1 week ago Trump claims EU is not yet offering a fair trade deal – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsTrump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal is signed offIran and Israel crisis: what does it mean for the price of oil?Global oil supply is set to increase “far” faster than demand in the coming years, the International Energy Agency has predicted.In a new report, the IEA argues that oil markets are undergoing structural changes as the key drivers of supply and demand growth of the past 15 years start to fade.This growth is set to be dominated by robust gains in natural gas liquids (NGLs) and other non-crude liquids. The strategic shift towards higher non-crude capacity is driven by strong global demand for petrochemical feedstocks and the development of liquid‑rich gas resources.UK’s FTSE 100: -46 points or -0.5% at 8828 pointsGerman DAX: down 267 points or -1.1% at 23,430 pointsFrench CAC: down 61 points or -0.8% at 7,680 pointsAfter rallying on Monday on hopes that the Israel and Iran confl...

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