38 m. ago Trump brags world leaders are ‘kissing my a**’ and celebrates ‘great Hannibal Lecter’ at NRCC dinner

‘Please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, Sir,’ Trump mocked just hours before his sweeping reciprocal tariffs were imposed

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39 m. ago Trump calls tariff fallout a ‘war with the world’ and gloats over world leaders ‘kissing his a**’: Live

President’s reciprocal tariffs take effect on Wednesday, including 104% levy on Chinese goods

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48 m. ago Trump tariffs live: China stunned by JD Vance calling its workers ‘peasants’ as 104% levy comes into force

Asian markets slump again in Wednesday’s early trade as Trump’s full roster of ‘reciprocal’ tariffs takes effect

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53 m. ago Trump mocks world leaders as he claims they’re begging for deal on tariffs

Donald Trump mocked world leaders claiming that they are begging him to negotiate on his wide-ranging global tariffs.

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56 m. ago Trump's massive 104% tariff sparks 'bullying' response from China as market plunges

Donald Trump has declared a trade war on the rest of the world after his latest round of tariffs went into full effect at midnight. China has now been slapped with an eye-watering 104%

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63 m. ago Global markets fall as ‘explosive' trade tariffs kick in, but Trump claims: 'I know what the hell I'm doing'

FTSE 100 in London and Asian stock markets take another pounding with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping 5% as Trump’s tariffs against 60 ‘worst offender’ nations come into effect

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65 m. ago FTSE 100 Live 09 April: Heavy selling resumes, GSK and Astra slump on tariffs warning

Fear and panic returned to the world’s stock markets today after Donald Trump’s swingeing new “Liberation Day” tariffs came into force.

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86 m. ago UK 'accelerating trade deals with rest of the world' as more Donald Trump tariffs come into force

Britain faces the lowest 10 per cent 'baseline' tariff rate and has resisted imposing immediate retaliatory action

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92 m. ago London's FTSE 100 slumps again as Trump's savage tariffs come into force

Fears of a recession escalate as US and China slug it out in hugely damaging trade war

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1 hour ago Trump ‘got it very wrong’ over tariffs, says economist used by US president

The renowned economist said the tariffs should be scrapped entirely, but barring that it should drastically reduce the miscalculated rates

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1 hour ago Ireland’s deputy PM to meet US secretary of commerce as EU finalises first part of response to Trump’s tariffs – Europe live

Simon Harris to meet Howard Lutnick as EU member states vote on final list of €21bn of goods facing retaliatory tariffsUS president Donald Trump continues to rewrite the rules of global trade, as his sweeping tariffs take effect.Rates on imports to the United States from dozens of economies rose further from 12.01am (0401 GMT) on Wednesday, with tariffs imposed on Chinese products since Trump returned to the White House reaching a staggering 104%. The new tariffs include rates of 20% on the European Union, 26% on India and 49% on Cambodia. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Trump declares 'war with the world' as his 'explosive' tariffs take effect and send FTSE down 2% amid global stock plunge triggered by 104% rate on China

The FTSE opened down 2 per cent after the President's latest round of tariffs, which have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades and raised fears of recession.

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1 hour ago FTSE 100 Live 09 April: Heavy selling resumes as US tariffs kick in, Brent Crude nears $60

Fear and panic returned to the world’s stock markets today after Donald Trump’s swingeing new “Liberation Day” tariffs came into force.

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1 hour ago Good Morning Britain interrupted for 'breaking news' announcement

Good Morning Britain was interrupted on Wednesday morning as the ITV show brought viewers a breaking news announcement, but fans were not impressed

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1 hour ago Tariffs live: China stunned by JD Vance calling its workers ‘peasants’ as Trump’s 104% levy comes into force

Asian markets slump again in Wednesday’s early trade as Trump’s full roster of ‘reciprocal’ tariffs takes effect

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1 hour ago UK and EU stock markets slump as Trump’s tariffs, including 104% on China, take effect – business live

Stock markets down from Australia to Japan and Taiwan as Trump presses ahead with huge retaliatory tariffs on ChinaFull report: Trump unleashes new wave of tariffsDispatch: The view from Yiwu, China’s biggest wholesale marketToday’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Trump's 104% monster tariffs spark more global market meltdowns

More chaos is unfolding on the world's financial markets after Trump announced a huge 104% tariff on China - Asian stocks plummeted overnight and the FTSE is expected to drop again this morning

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1 hour ago London's FTSE 100 opens heavily down again as Trump's tariffs come into force

Fears of a recession escalate as US and China slug it out in hugely damaging trade war

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2 h. ago China reportedly considering ban on Hollywood films in response to Trump tariffs

The White House has said China will be hit with a tariff rate of 104 percent from tomorrow

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2 h. ago Trump declares 'war with the world' as his 'explosive' tariffs take effect and send global stocks plunging again

Asian shares slipped further today as the latest set of Donald Trump's tariffs took effect including a massive 104 per cent levy on Chinese imports.

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