1 hour ago Forbes calls on UK ministers to strike trade deal with US after Trump tariffs

The Scottish Deputy First Minister said the UK Government should ‘recognise the potential opportunities of a trade agreement with the US’.

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4 h. ago Britain avoids worst of Trump’s tariffs, but risks remain for Starmer

PM hopes to strike a US trade deal to further cut 10% levy

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48 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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49 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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50 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 w. ago Starmer 'must strike US trade deal by April 1': PM races to dodge £24bn hit from Trump's brutal 'reciprocal' tariffs as president vows to punish Europe for VAT

Keir Starmer has held off retaliating after the president ignored his pleas to slap a 25 per cent levy on steel imports yesterday.

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3 w. ago EU goes on the attack in trade war with Trump: Brussels announces tariffs on US products in response to 25% import duties, risking further anger from White House

The world's biggest trading bloc was expecting the US tariffs and prepared in advance, but the measures still place great strain on already tense transatlantic relations

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3 w. ago Trump raises Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% as trade war escalates

President cites Ontario’s recent imposition of 25% surcharge on electricity exports to US as reason for doubling dutiesUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump has announced he is doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% as a retaliation for the province of Ontario’s imposition of a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to several US states, in a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the two ostensibly allied countries.“Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to ad [sic] an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump administration briefing: Trump changes tack on tariffs – again – as US plans to close consulates

Trump shelves Canada-Mexico tariffs; Musk says he is not to blame for mass firings of federal workers – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glanceDonald Trump has performed another reversal on tariffs, delaying duties on many goods from Canada and Mexico again. Trump said the reversal has “nothing to do” with turbulence in the stock market in recent days, as investors weighed his economic plans. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 1.8% on Thursday. “I’m not even looking at the market,” he claimed.It was also a day where the focus fell on the power wielded by Elon Musk and the president’s plans for US consulates in Europe. Continue reading...

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