19 h. ago Trump won’t rule out US recession amid tariff trade war confusion in Fox News interview

President won’t deny recession is coming as he says US faces ‘period of transition’

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24 h. ago Why China’s president hasn’t called Trump about US tariff trade war

The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with the president to seek solutions - but China appears unlikely to make a similar call soon

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58 h. ago UK house prices fall by 0.1 per cent amid uncertainties over Ukraine war and Trump tariff threats

The fall comes at a worrying time for a fragile housing market that faces stamp duty hikes being introduced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves next month.

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64 h. ago Watch in full: Trump speaks from Oval Office after threatening Moscow with tariffs and sanctions

Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office on Friday (7 March) after threatening Moscow with tariffs and sanctions.

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66 h. ago Watch live: Trump speaks from Oval Office after threatening Moscow with tariffs and sanctions

Watch live as Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office on Friday (7 March) after threatening Moscow with tariffs and sanctions.

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3 d. ago Trump reduces Trudeau to tears: Canada's outgoing PM cries at press conference after humiliating tariff war with US

Justin Trudeau was in tears during a press conference Thursday after Donald Trump spent the week tormenting him with a tariff war as his time as prime minister winds down.

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3 d. ago China boosts its defence spending by 7% after threatening US with 'any war' amid Trump's tariff roll

Sabre-rattling China is set to boost its defence spending by 7.2% after threatening America with 'any war' amid a furious row over Donald Trump's planned tariffs.

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3 d. ago Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburbThe proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial government and local leaders, who say they oppose putting US trash into a local peat bog.Local leaders are protesting the move – saying the state is capitulating to a US company in the midst of a tariff war between Canada and the United States. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth

President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners – Mexico, Canada and China — is baffling businesses and causing them to delay or cancel the investments that help drive economic growth

Economics

5 d. ago Trump slams ‘Governor Trudeau of Canada’ in escalating tariff trade war that caused market plunge: Live

President’s trade aggressions cause further unease after he suspends American aid for Ukraine

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5 d. ago Watch live: Justin Trudeau announces Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs

Watch live as Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announces his country’s response to Donald Trump’s imposed tariffs.

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5 d. ago China vows to fight Trump’s trade war ‘to the bitter end’ with new retaliatory tariffs on American goods

China accounted for 17 per cent of American agricultural exports in 2023

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1 week ago Trump threatens China with additional 10% tariff in escalation of trade war

US president also insists delayed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on 4 MarchUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened China with an additional 10% tariff on its exports to the US, setting the stage for another significant escalation in his trade war with Beijing.The US president also claimed that he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, having delayed their imposition last month following talks with his counterparts. Continue reading...

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