Tag: Tariffs

There's method in Trump's tariff madness, says Ramesh Thakur. Uniting his America First, anti-Net Zero and anti-DEI policies is an imperative to untangle the US from strategic dependence on an ascendant China.

Rachel Reeves cannot blame Donald Trump's trade war for the downgrade in the UK's growth prospects, the IMF has said, as it warns that Britain's inflation rate will be higher than in the US.

Ed Miliband has promised to save Britain's economy from Trump's tariffs. But it wasn't Trump who closed Britain's coal-fired power stations, nor ended oil and gas exploration, nor banned fracking, says Ben Pile.

Keir Starmer is preparing to rush through changes that water-down electric vehicle targets as soon as next week as carmakers brace for Donald Trump's tariffs – but carmakers warn the changes don't go far enough.

Keir Starmer’s free trade deal with the US is at risk over free speech after the US State Department warned there would be "no free trade without free speech" – but Whitehall officials have dismissed it as a bluff.

The EU has long waged a trade war against the US through tariffs and regulations, says Robert Kogon. Trump is simply fighting back.

Downing Street has contradicted Rachel Reeves with an insistence that Donald Trump is not responsible for the UK economy's dire straits, despite the Chancellor earlier indicating the US President was to blame.

Donald Trump has said he will double steel and aluminium tariffs against Canada to 50% and threatened to impose levies on its car industry as the US President escalated his trade war.

Britain is at risk of tariffs from Donald Trump unless it eases its restriction on free speech, Nigel Farage has warned, adding pressure on Keir Starmer to reform the Online Safety Act.

If Trump does half of what he's said he'll do on 'Day One', he's going to have a very busy day. It includes pardoning the Jan 6th defendants, slapping 25% tariffs on imported goods and kicking men out of women's sports.