All news on the topic: Tariffs

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Eduardo Bolsonaro sentenced to prison over US lobbying in father’s coup trial
Judges handed down a four-year prison sentence to the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s son for seeking U.S. interference in his father’s trial, a ruling the ex-congressman has denounced as a politically motivated bid to block his name from future ballots.
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Trump softens tone on Beijing while Putin deepens Russia’s reliance on China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hosting his “old friend” Vladimir Putin this week to discuss foreign issues and trade, just days after Donald Trump’s historic return to Beijing.
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UK businesses urge Keir Starmer to deploy EU-style ‘trade bazooka’ against Donald Trump tariff threats
UK business leaders have urged the government to create an EU-style “trade bazooka” to safeguard Britain’s economic interests in response to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats.
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Downing street pushes for closer EU ties amid global trade and security pressures
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.
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EU set to approve US tariff deal with tough safeguards as Trump’s trade blitz rattles bloc
European Union lawmakers are on track to give a green light -- with conditions -- Thursday to the bloc’s tariff deal with US President Donald Trump, which Europe hopes to salvage while also racing to diversify its trade ties around the globe.
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Trump hints at NATO withdrawal and tariffs over Greenland dispute
Donald Trump has suggested the United States could withdraw from NATO and impose tariffs on countries that refuse to support his push for control over Greenland, arguing the territory is vital to US national security.
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Cheap Chinese imports could cut UK inflation amid Trump trade war
The UK is set to receive an influx of cheap Chinese imports that could lower inflation amid the effects of Donald Trump’s global trade war, leading economists have said.
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Mark Carney apologises to Donald Trump over anti-tariff ad commissioned by Doug Ford
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said he had apologized to the US president, Donald Trump, over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told the Ontario premier, Doug Ford, not to run it.
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Trump and Xi set to meet for the first time since 2019 amid hopes for trade breakthrough
Before Thursday’s long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president’s return to office, officials from both sides have been working hard to shape the framework of a potential trade deal between Washington and Beijing, an agreement that could end months of global economic turmoil caused by the US-China trade war.
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“We’ve kept increases to a minimum,” says CMA as UK water bills rise
Millions of Brits are expected to see an increase in their water bills of up to 5% in the coming months.
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EU’s 50% steel tariffs deal blow to Starmer’s efforts to reset relations with Brussels
Britain’s struggling steel industry is facing an ’existential threat’ following the European Union’s announcement to increase tariffs on imports to 50 percent.
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Trump announces 100% tariff on drug imports unless firms build in US
US President Donald Trump has announced a new set of tariffs, including a 100% levy on imported branded or patented drugs starting 1 October unless the company is establishing a factory in the US.
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Nvidia will acquire a $5 billion stake in Intel, becoming a major shareholder alongside the US government
Nvidia said on Thursday that it would buy $5 billion worth of Intel’s common stock, becoming another major shareholder in the beleaguered company just weeks after the US government took a roughly 10% stake.
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European Commission calls for sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
The EU executive has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel and sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Citi, PayPal and Bank of America pledge billions in UK operations
US financial firms have announced investments in the UK worth £1.25 billion before Donald Trump’s state visit next week.
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Trump calls for collective action on Russia and higher tariffs on China
President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to NATO allies in a letter Saturday, saying the US will issue “major” sanctions on Russia only when they agree to do the same and stop buying oil from Russia.
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Douglas Alexander says UK negotiating hard on whisky tariffs
A trade deal on Scotch whisky is "very high" on the list of agreements the UK Government is aiming to negotiate with the US, the Scottish Secretary has said.
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Trump calls on EU to impose 100% tariffs on India and China to stop Ukraine war
Donald Trump has said he is prepared to hit India and China with even more sweeping tariffs if Europe is willing to cooperate with him on squeezing Russia economically to stop the war in Ukraine.
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Scottish first minister John Swinney meets Donald Trump to discuss scotch whisky tariffs
First Minister John Swinney has met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss whisky tariffs.
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India challenges U.S. tariffs and commits to continue purchasing Russian oil
New Delhi will continue to buy Russian oil despite facing heavy U.S. tariffs for doing so, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sept. 5.
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Sterling slumps as investors lose confidence in UK’s fiscal plans
The value of the pound experienced its largest single-day drop in months as the cost of 30-year government borrowing reached its highest rate since 1998.
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64,000 jobs lost: how the U.S. trade war is crippling Mexico’s maquiladoras
For 11 years, Fabiola Galicia worked her way up the ranks at a factory that produced decorative ribbons in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Starting as a production line worker, she was eventually promoted to manager overseeing 30 employees.
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US Appeals Court says Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional but keeps them in place for now
Donald Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional, but they can remain in place for now, the US Court of Appeals has said.
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Trump tariffs shake India’s diamond industry
The Surat Diamond Bourse, acclaimed as the world’s largest office complex—surpassing even the Pentagon in size and symbolizing India’s growing trade ambitions, remains eerily quiet, with only a few traders at work.
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Steel import chaos as UK firms threaten to sue government over sudden tariffs
Companies have sent a letter to the business secretary complaining that new rules were imposed with only 24 hours’ notice.
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