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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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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8 h. ago Fox host fumes about media focusing on economic ‘pain’ of Trump’s tariffs: ‘It’s mind

‘It’s the art of the deal meets the art of trade war,’ Charles Payne said during his Fox Business show on Thursday afternoon

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10 h. ago Trump finally goes all in on tariffs. Free traders on the right and left are furious

ANALYSIS: The immediate anger and fallout from Trump’s tariff plan illustrates how a poor U.S. economy could politically isolate the president, writes John Bowden

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19 h. ago The five parts of Wales' economy set to be hit hardest by Donald Trump's tariffs on goods going into the USA

President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs could have a huge impact on industries in the UK and Wales

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19 h. ago What do Donald Trump US tariffs mean for Scotland? Scotch whisky, salmon, economy impact

US president Donald Trump announced the tariffs on Wednesday evening

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20 h. ago Trump tariff announcements ‘deeply regrettable’, NI Economy Minister says

Caoimhe Archibald said she had already engaged with representatives of the UK and Irish governments on the issue.

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21 h. ago Global economy will ‘massively suffer’ from Donald Trump tariffs, Ursula von der Leyen warns – Europe live

European Commission president hopes to move from confrontation to negotiation after Trump attack on ‘pathetic’ EUEuropean stock markets are now open and they’re reacting exactly as you would expect them to.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index has fallen 1.5% at the start of trading, to its lowest level in over two months. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Donald Trump's 'dire' tariffs set to hit 'the most vulnerable people' the hardest

Shockwaves have been sent through the global economy after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against countries across the globe in a move that has stunned economists

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24 h. ago EU threatens countermeasures and Asian markets plunge after Trump tariff announcement – business live

Ursula von der Leyen says tariffs a ‘major blow’ to world economy after US President Trump targets allies on what he dubbed ‘liberation day’Full report: Trump announces sweeping new tariffs, upending decades of US trade policyAnalysis: Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for businessThe new US tariffs “will only create losers” with US consumers particularly hard hit, the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA), has said in a statement, calling on the EU “to act together and with the necessary force, while continuing to signal its willingness to negotiate.”The body, which represents the powerful German auto industry, said the tariffs markedthe United States’ departure from the rules-based global trade order – and thus a departure from the foundation for global value creation and corresponding growth and prosperity in many regions of the world.This is not America first; this is America alone. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago What repercussions will President Trump’s tariffs have on the UK?

The UK is “preparing for all eventualities” as global stock markets nervously await the imposition of Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs on Wednesday, 2 April.

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48 h. ago Scottish economy 'turbulence' fear as Trump prepares to unleash tariffs

Growing unease as firms anticipate “rising costs and escalating geopolitical tension”

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57 h. ago World braces for economic pain as White House confirms Trump will go ahead with tariffs

Tariffs will take effect immediately but precise details are yet to be unveiled

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59 h. ago Britain braced for worst from Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ trade war

White House crusade against imports could cost £1.1 trillion worldwide and 25,000 jobs in Britain alone, experts warn

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60 h. ago Trump tariffs will damage UK economy, Reeves tells Cabinet amid job loss fears

Sir Keir Starmer admits UK unlikely to be spared from sweeping measures to be announced by Donald Trump

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61 h. ago PM braces for Trump to drop the bomb: Starmer admits UK WON'T be spared tariffs as Chancellor warns of huge hit to stalling economy

Keir Starmer has acknowledged the 'likelihood' that Britain will face hugely damaging levies on exports to the US on the president's so-called 'Liberation Day'.

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65 h. ago Trump tariffs latest: UK economy to suffer even if new US trade deal struck, grim new forecast warns

Donald Trump to unveil sweeping tariffs on any country that ‘treats the US unfairly’ on Wednesday

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66 h. ago Trump tariffs latest: US duties to hit UK economy even if Britain strikes trade deal, grim new forecast warns

Donald Trump to unveil sweeping tariffs on any country that ‘treats the US unfairly’ on Wednesday

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67 h. ago Trump tariffs will batter UK economy even if Starmer strikes deal, grim new forecast warns: Live

Donald Trump to unveil sweeping tariffs on any country that ‘treats the US unfairly’ on Wednesday

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3 d. ago The financial markets no longer believe in Donald Trump’s ‘stable genius’

Editorial: The president’s obsession with tariffs risks a repeat of the mistakes of the 1930s – and on ‘Liberation Day’, the world may pay a heavy price

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