Tag: Trade war

The US-UK trade deal announced today is a clear win for Trump, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes, leaving the UK worse off than in March and opening up UK markets in exchange only for reducing recently imposed tariffs.

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.

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.

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.