4 h. ago White House backed down on China’s tariff after president was told they would hurt ‘Trump’s people’ the most

Several White House staffers had to warn the president that his tariffs would impact ‘Trump’s people.’

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10 h. ago Starmer says Tories are ‘dead party walking’ as Badenoch dismisses trade deals

The Opposition leader said agreements with Narendra Modi and Donald Trump’s governments are ‘tiny tariff’ deals.

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12 h. ago Trump tariff threat worries India’s film industry: ‘Could end theatrical releases in US’

US president wants to impose 100 per cent levy on all films made outside US

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32 h. ago I was secretary of labor. Trump’s bizarre tariff scheme won’t revive American jobs | Robert Reich

Manufacturing and coalmining aren’t the way to make America great again. Here’s what would actually restore good-paying jobsOn Sunday night, the US announced that it was cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, for 90 days, and the Chinese are dropping tariffs on US goods from 125% to 10%, also for 90 days.The stock market soared on the news. (Anyone with inside knowledge of the deal could have made a killing.) Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Inflation cools in April and egg prices drop to lowest mark in months

April’s consumer-price index report is the first to capture the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements on April 2

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36 h. ago Good One review – excellent indie hike movie is intelligent and humane

Lily Collias is outstanding as 17-year-old Sam, who goes hiking with her dad and his best buddy in India Donaldson’s feature debutRoad movie and coming-of-age are accepted genres; maybe hiking-through-the-forest deserves equal status. It’s a distinctive US indie type, coloured by the sun-dappled green foliage, flavoured by the unemphatic presence of both beauty and danger. And heading for what? An escalating series of scary moments, or just a low-key crescendo of epiphanies or emotional confrontations? Middle-class New Yorkers can journey through the wilderness in the movies but, unlike in John Boorman’s 1972 film Deliverance, they may encounter only the inner hillbillies of their own anxiety and discontent.This excellent film from first-time director India Donaldson is a smart, sympathetic and terrifically acted drama about 17-year-old Sam – an outstanding performance from Lily Collias – who agrees to go on a hiking trip in the Catskill mountains with her gloomy divorced dad Chris ...

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37 h. ago US and China strike temporary trade truce. Could it be a turning point in Trump

After months of economic brinkmanship, world’s two largest economies have hit pause

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50 h. ago White South Africans given ‘refugee’ status arrive in US as Trump administration told they got ‘wrong end of the stick’ – live

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans who were granted refugee status in US for being deemed victims of racial discriminationQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Trump seeks to lower US drugs prices with tariff threat to Europe

White House sets out plans for price targets and eliminating ‘middlemen’ in executive order

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54 h. ago Trump says friend in UK on ‘the fat shot drug’ inspired plan for price controls and tariff threats to lower prescription costs

Trump is ordering the government to consider punishing countries that negotiate lower drug prices for their single-payer health systems

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55 h. ago Trump says tariffs on China imports won’t return to 145% and that he sees a deal – live

Trump warns US could raise tariffs after 90-day pause on trade war with China but expresses confidence a deal will be madeChina and US agree 90-day pause to trade warQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Trump humiliatingly retreats from 145% Chinese tariff after warning of empty US shelves

Donald Trump has called a truce in his unhinged attack on world trade, drastically suspending his 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports as US consumers balk at increased prices

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3 d. ago These American giant ‘geoduck’ clams are a Chinese delicacy. Trump’s tariff war could stop that

The escalating trade war between the US and China has severely impacted the geoduck industry in Washington state.

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3 d. ago Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost its economy as Trump's tariff war deepens

A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy

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4 d. ago Equity responds to Trump’s film tariff and says it is ‘industrial action ready’

Earlier in the month the US president said he had authorised a 100% tariff on films ‘produced in foreign lands’.

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4 d. ago JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Trump’s tariff plan was too aggressive

Economists agree that Trump’s tariffs will cause prices to rise — and it already sent markets tumbling

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5 d. ago Trump ‘committed’ to 10% tariff rate despite deal, says White House

Sir Keir Starmer has declined to rule out the possibility of changes to tech taxes in any future agreement.

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5 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 wild and bizarre things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he threatens Barbie Tax

It's been nearly 24 hours since Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Mattel products - and nobody else has called it the 'Barbie Tax' yet. You're welcome, America

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5 d. ago Donald Trump says 80% tariff on China ‘seems right’ ahead of trade talks

US position tougher than expected as Treasury secretary heads to Geneva for negotiations

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5 d. ago Trump names Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC – US politics live

Pirro to serve as interim attorney for Washington DC after it became clear Ed Martin would not pass Senate confirmation The winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading...

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