7 d. ago Airlines and vacation hot spots were ready for a banner year. Then Trump announced his tariffs

The stock market has been extremely volatile since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement

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8 d. ago Voices: Whisper it, but UK plc is nearly ready for Trump’s new world order

With the US president showing no sign of backing down on tariffs, a global trade war looks likely – but, thanks in part to happy accidents, Britain could be well-placed to ride it out, says Chris Blackhurst

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1 week ago Stock markets ready to react to Trump’s tariff announcement after fears stoke overnight drop

The U.S. stock markets are expected to dip one day after Trump promised to ‘make America wealthy again’ with new across-the-board tariffs

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1 week ago EU ready to retaliate against Trump’s tariffs, says von der Leyen

Commission president warns global economy will ‘massively suffer’ from US trade barrage

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2 w. ago Trump’s tariffs: how might Europe respond to unleashing of trade war?

Bloc’s options include retaliating with tariffs on US goods and services and forming closer ties with other countriesDonald Trump is getting ready to impose sweeping and immediate tariffs on all foreign goods, thereby unleashing a trade war and upending the multilateral trading system that the US helped to build after the second world war.Here is how Europe might respond: Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The one official Trump world is ready to blame if tariffs are a disaster

Lutnick has reportedly pushed for ‘more aggressive’ tariffs during talks

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2 w. ago Is the cost of Jack Daniel's and Levi's jeans about to go up? Ministers ready to retaliate against US goods if Trump includes UK in his April 2 tariffs frenzy

The US president has vowed to lash out against friend and foe alike on April 2 with a general 20 per cent levy on goods imported into the United States.

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2 w. ago Elton John declares he will 'fight' President Donald Trump over cuts to AIDS relief spending as he warns 'people's lives are at stake'

Sir Elton John said he is ready to 'fight' and go 'face to face' with President Trump over cuts to AIDS relief spending.

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3 w. ago China says it is ready for ‘shocks’ as fresh Trump tariffs loom

Premier Li tells business leaders Beijing chooses to pursue globalisation and multilateralism

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3 w. ago Donald Trump 'ready to join British Commonwealth' as he declares love for King Charles

Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that he 'loves King Charles', adding that the idea of the US becoming an 'associate member' of the British Commonwealth 'sounds good'

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4 w. ago SARAH VINE: Kemi is a Capricorn who fizzes with feminine energy... In a world of ADHD politics, she might just be able to play a long game that steers the Tories back from total self

Kemi's feminine energy is precisely what we need at the moment in an era of man-babies like Trump and Putin who need attention. She is open-minded and ready to tackle big issues head on

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