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The police and customs officers had been waiting for hours. Parked outside the Radisson Blu Senator Hotel in the northern German city of Lübeck, they sat in silence, engines off, watching the entrance.

The war in Iran has strained the availability of energy, food, and fertilizer, raising the question of whether the world’s response will repeat the early missteps of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Downing Street is striving to secure agreements on steel and electric cars with the EU as it aims to strengthen the post-Brexit economic relationship.

From a corporate address in a prestigious London district — 23 Buckingham Gate, London, England, SW1E 6LB — operates one of the invisible centers of global trade in the defence sector.

“Thumb phones” smuggled into French prisons—sometimes concealed inside visitors—are used to run criminal networks facilitating drug trafficking, money laundering, and even murder.

The UK and India have reached a trade agreement that will facilitate the export of whisky, cars, and other products from the UK to India, while reducing taxes on India’s clothing and footwear exports.

President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favor of the U.S. and drawing swift retaliation from Europe.

Although the UK may not be directly in the line of fire, the ripple effects on global trade have British businesses concerned.

The UK will not retaliate immediately to the renewal of steel and aluminium tariffs by the US, the BBC understands.

The government is set to make the case to Donald Trump’s new administration that there is no need for huge tariffs on UK exports to the US, the business secretary has said.

The European Union’s new trade chief responsible for post-Brexit negotiations has told the BBC that a "pan-European [customs] area is something we could consider" as part of "reset" discussions between the UK and EU.