5 h. ago Handmaid’s Tale showrunners say show’s ‘chilling’ warning ‘was ignored’ by Trump voters

‘The series has been called a cautionary tale about what can happen when power is abused and people’s rights and freedoms are stripped away,’ said showrunner Eric Tuchman

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22 h. ago Business bosses 'in state of despondency' over toxic mix of Labour's tax hikes and Trump's tariffs, survey warns

Confidence among firms fell to its lowest level in two years in the first three months of the year, according to the study from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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24 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: President says he’s ‘flexible’ on tariffs — but won’t change his mind over electronic duties

President says he will detail new tariffs on semiconductor chips soon, as his commerce secretary warns that exemptions for electronic goods will likely be short-lived

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26 h. ago Top Fed official says US could require rate cuts if big tariffs return

Governor Christopher Waller warns that should Trump resume steep duties growth will ‘slow to a crawl’

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28 h. ago Top economist urges Reeves to raise basic rate of income tax for first time in 50 years

Institute for Fiscal Studies boss Paul Johnson warned Donald Trump’s trade war is ‘badly buffeting’ the UK economy

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28 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President suggests he can predict the future while markets react to tech duty pause

President says he will detail new tariffs on semiconductor chips soon, as his commerce secretary warns that exemptions for electronic goods will likely be short-lived

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34 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President warns no country ‘off the hook’ with smartphone exemptions ‘to be short

The president said he would detail the new tariffs on chips soon, as his commerce secretary made clear that tariff exemptions for electronic goods are likely to be short-lived

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36 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President warns no country ‘off the hook’ and hints exemption on China

The president said he would detail the new tariffs on chips soon, not long after the White House excluded smartphones and other electronics from the ultra-high tariffs on goods from China

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36 h. ago Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – business live

Chinese exports jump as official says ‘the sky won’t fall,’ despite warning from US officials that smartphone and laptop exemption from import tariffs on China will be short-livedMatt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said:Just when it seemed the tariff chaos couldn’t get any worse, tech investors have spent the weekend scrambling to make sense of a whirlwind of confusing - and at times contradictory - messages coming out of the White House. Despite the drama, European markets have taken an easing stance on US tech components as a positive in a broad-based rally this morning, with the FTSE 100 up 1.5% in early trading.This time, it’s chips, smartphones, and other tech components taking centre stage. While there were early signs on Friday night that some broad exemptions might be in play, it turns out tariffs are still very much on the table. But here’s the twist: despite the messy rollout, what’s caught investors’ attention is the news that these products won’t...

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41 h. ago Xi warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam

Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies

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43 h. ago Trump warns exemptions on smartphones, electronics will be short

The US president has said no one is ‘getting off the hook’, as he promises to launch a national security investigation into the semiconductor sectorThe exemption of smartphones, laptops and other electronic products from import tariffs on China will be short-lived, top US officials have said, with Donald Trump warning that no one was “getting off the hook.”“There was no Tariff ‘exception’, Trump said in a social media post on Sunday. “These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’” Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Smartphones WILL be hit by tariffs within months, Trump aide says as hopes of tariff climbdown are dashed

The US President made an extraordinary U-turn over the weekend by declaring that smartphones, computers and other electronic devices will be exempted from tariffs.

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49 h. ago Judd Trump warned of 'big challenge' he faces at World Snooker Championship as pundit admits 'I do worry for him'

The Ace in the Pack has built his season around success in Sheffield - but his form has dipped in the run-in to the event

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50 h. ago Billionaire hedge fund leader warns US facing something ‘worse than a recession’

US ‘very close’ to a recession after weeks of Trump tariff instability, warns Ray Dalio

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55 h. ago Brits warned of looming pain as UK now among WORST hit by Trump's tariffs after he shelved punitive levies and handed China exemptions for iPhones

Downing Street signalled relief when the US president's 'Liberation Day' assault was originally mounted.

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3 d. ago Trump exempts smartphones from reciprocal tariffs after market rout

Dispensation is first sign of softening of levies against China and provides a big boost for Apple

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3 d. ago Donald Trump exempts mobile phones and other tech from tariffs in new economic war move

President Donald Trump has announced a list of tech devices, including smartphones and computers, that will be exempt from reciprocal tariffs imposed on 'Liberation Day'

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy

Gen Keith Kellogg appears to suggest Ukraine could be split into zones of control after a peace deal; Trump warns Putin to ‘get moving’ ahead of US-Russia talks. What we know on day 1,144See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Hopes rising for trade deal with US 'in the coming days': Ministers push for pact to see off threat of 25% tariffs from Trump

Ministers are desperate to strike an agreement with Donald Trump despite his advisers warning that he will not ease tariffs on the UK.

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3 d. ago Trump insists tariff war is ‘doing really well’ as recession fears mount

S&P 500 and Dow Jones rise sharply after extraordinarily volatile week as experts warn of continued turbulenceDonald Trump insisted his trade war with much of the world was “doing really well” despite mounting fears of recession and as Beijing hit back and again hiked tariffs on US exports to China.As the US president said his aggressive tariffs strategy was “moving along quickly”, a closely watched economic survey revealed that US consumer expectations for price growth had soared to a four-decade high. Continue reading...

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