Brussels has told British Prime Minister Andy Burnham that Britain should raise tariffs on Chinese cars and align more closely with European Union trade policy to avoid barriers to key British exports,
American consumers are facing a new wave of price hikes after former President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 125% tariff on more than $1 billion worth of Chinese imports. The move, aimed
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In a stark admission of America’s economic contradictions, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made a striking statement about the state of global trade relations, declaring that countries should
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The UK government has unveiled draft legislation that would give ministers sweeping powers to seize control of steel assets under threat of closure. The bill, set to be debated in a rare
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Since US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, the world has witnessed a confounding series of unilateral tariffs placed on both
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A leading Chinese economist has sounded the alarm over the safety of China’s vast overseas assets, warning that Washington’s intensifying trade measures under President Donald Trump could soon spill over into the
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In a move aimed at easing global investor jitters, the Trump administration has excluded smartphones, along with routers and selected computers, from its sweeping new “reciprocal” tariffs—marking a rare moment of restraint
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The United States’ global stature is under fresh scrutiny after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies triggered a wave of economic volatility and diplomatic fallout, prompting comparisons to Britain’s 1956 Suez Crisis—a
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Amid rising tensions in the ongoing trade war with the United States, China has shown little fear of escalating tariffs and other sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump. In fact, President Xi
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The U.S. government has taken a dangerous step in recent days with its trade policy, using the rhetoric of “reciprocity” to impose a new wave of tariffs on major global trading partners,
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China’s surging trade dominance, underpinned by a record-breaking $1 trillion trade surplus, has intensified global economic tensions and played a pivotal role in reigniting former U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, Financial
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US President Donald Trump stunned global investors on Wednesday with an unexpected move—a 90-day pause on additional tariffs for countries that were willing to negotiate with the US. The announcement sent shockwaves
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India is intensifying its efforts to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom as the country navigates the economic fallout from newly imposed US tariffs. With global trade tensions
More by Our Economic Affairs Editor In a newly released white paper titled “China’s Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations,” the Chinese government has issued a sharp and comprehensive
More by Our Economic Affairs Editor In the early 1930s, as the world staggered under the weight of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover faced a crucial decision: whether to sign the Smoot-Hawley
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There are two analytic principles worth repeating before delving into the raft of tariffs the Trump administration issued last week. The first is that we have entered into an unanchored world order, a
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