6 h. ago 2020s on course to be weakest decade for global economy since 1960s, says World Bank

Washington-based lender cuts its forecast for world GDP growth, blaming Donald Trump tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesThe World Bank has cut its forecasts for growth, blaming Donald Trump’s trade war and says the 2020s are on course to be the weakest decade for the global economy since the 1960s.In its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report, the Washington-based lender reduced its forecast for global GDP growth this year to 2.3%, down from 2.7% in January. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Trump tariffs latest: Immigration crackdown will end strong US growth, warns JP Morgan

Trump tariffs latest: Immigration crackdown will end strong US growth, warns JP Morgan  The Telegraph

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32 h. ago Trump tariffs latest: China to deepen relationship with Britain, says vice premier

Trump tariffs latest: China to deepen relationship with Britain, says vice premier  The Telegraph

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33 h. ago Trump’s tariffs have made fast fashion even more exploitative. Here’s how

Mona Mashhadi Rajabi, Lisa Lake, Martina Linnenluecke and Yun Shen deep dive into the impact Trump’s tariffs have had on fast fashion

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38 h. ago We are witnessing the first stages of Trump’s police state | Robert Reich

The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the resultsNow that Donald Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his big, beautiful bill has been stymied, and his multi-billionaire tech bro has turned on him, how does he demonstrate his power?On Friday morning, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids across Los Angeles – including at two Home Depots and a clothing wholesaler – in search of workers who they suspected of being undocumented immigrants.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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38 h. ago We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state | Robert Reich

The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the resultsNow that Donald Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his big, beautiful bill has been stymied, and his multi-billionaire tech bro has turned on him, how does he demonstrate his power?On Friday morning, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids across Los Angeles – including at two Home Depots and a clothing wholesaler – in search of workers who they suspected of being undocumented immigrants.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Trump's bravado has totally backfired. China has the President right where it wants him

London will today be centre of attention, as representatives have flown in for negotiations to defuse the trade war between the world's two mightiest economic powers.

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53 h. ago Trump tariffs could ‘wipe out’ European steel sector, senior industry figure says

ThyssenKrupp executive warns of ‘collateral damage’ to supply chains and urges protective action on energy pricingEurope’s steel industry faces being “wiped out” in the face of Donald Trump’s prohibitive 50% tariffs, high energy costs and a mountain of cheaper Chinese steel, one of Germany’s biggest industrial groups has warned.Ilse Henne, a board member at the steel, engineering and chemicals group ThyssenKrupp, said the industry faced an existential crisis after the US president’s decision last week to double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Rotten Apple: are we finally watching the death of the iPhone?

As Donald Trump turns on Tim Cook and rivals gain traction, Joe Bromley asks if time's up for the tech giant

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3 d. ago URGENT: Trump says U.S., China tariff teams to meet in London on Monday

URGENT: Trump says U.S., China tariff teams to meet in London on Monday  MSN

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3 d. ago Bodies of woman and boyfriend found after chilling phone clue in disappearance

Leannedra Kang, 25, and her boyfriend Takahiro Toya, from Brisbane, were on holiday in Tasmania where they hired a car and a major search was launched after they didn't board a plane home

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4 d. ago Between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’: will EU hardball secure trade deal with US?

Optimism is growing in Brussels, but high-risk strategy has only weeks to play out before pause in tariff threat endsIn Brussels’ corridors of power, quiet optimism is growing that the EU’s hardball strategy to secure a US trade deal is working. While Britain quickly moved to try to cushion the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs with a deal agreed last month – and US-Chinese relations are a tit-for-tat situation – the EU has taken a different stance. “We are positioning ourselves between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’,” said a Brussels source.The stakes are not just the £706bn in transatlantic trade between the EU and US but the fallout from what diplomats and businesses say is a dangerous assault on the global rules-based system that governs western democracy. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A banana a day to keep the tariffs away? Howard Lutnick mocked during congressional hearing over plan to make more products in America

‘We cannot build bananas in America,’ commerce secretary reminded in surreal exchange at House hearing on Donald Trump’s tariff policy

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4 d. ago Inside 'best friends' Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein's relationship from 'gropes' to snaps

Donald Trump's relationship with paedo financier Jeffrey Epstein has rocketed back into the spotlight after the most powerful civillian of all time and fomer top presidential advisor dropped a major 'bomb'

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4 d. ago Inside Donald Trump and Epstein's relationship from 'terrific guy' to 'fun to be with'

Donald Trump's relationship with paedo financier Jeffrey Epstein has rocketed back into the spotlight after the most powerful civillian of all time and fomer top presidential advisor dropped a major 'bomb'

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4 d. ago Hiring slows across US amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has risen to the highest level in eight months

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4 d. ago London’s IPO drought deepens but could Trump’s tariffs shake things up?

London’s IPO drought deepens but could Trump’s tariffs shake things up?  CNBC

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4 d. ago Independent toy shop to close because it can’t keep up with Trump’s tariffs: ‘It’s just impossible’

Portland’s Merci Milo has been open in the city since 2021 but will close its doors at the end of the month

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4 d. ago Goldman Sachs reins in risk appetite as Trump tariffs roil markets

Chief operating officer John Waldron anticipates period of ‘slowflation’ with rising prices outpacing growth

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4 d. ago Goldman reins in risk appetite as Trump tariffs roil markets

Chief operating officer John Waldron anticipates period of ‘slowflation’ with rising prices outpacing growth

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