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International trade

  • Emmanuel Macron arrives for an informal EU leaders' retreat

    Europe live with Jakub Krupa
    EU ready to react to ‘unnecessary and stupid’ tariffs threatened by Trump, leaders say – Europe live

    European leaders gather chiefly to discuss defence but US president’s threat of trade war dominates agenda
  • The stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany.

    Business live
    European and UK stock markets hit by global trade war fears after Trump tariff threats – business live

    European markets fall as Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’; stocks and cryptocurrencies tumble in Asian trading hours
  • Screen at Spain’s IBEX stock exchange

    UK and European stock markets tumble amid ‘Trump tariff tantrum’

    US president has rattled investors by targeting China, Canada and Mexico, triggering fears of a trade war
  • New York yellow cabs pass a large electronic Nasdaq sign

    Trump tariffs: markets brace for falls as Mexico and Canada hit back

    Fears grow for global trade, with major indices likely to plunge as US trading partners quickly retaliate, raising chance China and EU will follow suit
  • Economic growth forecast in London, UK - 27 Jan 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Tramontan/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (15121833e) A general view of the Bank of England in the City of London. The brokerage firm Morgan Stanley has forecast a below 1% economic growth for the UK even though the Bank of England as forecast a 1.5% for the same period. Economic growth forecast in London, UK - 27 Jan 2025

    How Donald Trump’s trade tariffs could affect the UK

    From rising gilt yields to higher inflation, the UK may suffer indirectly from US tariffs
  • Heather Stewart

    Economics viewpoint
    Trump’s tariffs could have grim knock-on effects for UK’s economy

    Heather Stewart
    British policymakers watch nervously, fearing a weaker pound and inflation even if US tariffs are not applied directly
  • Donald Trump

    Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: will they spark a trade war?

    As the US president imposes import taxes on three key trading partners, we examine potential repercussions

January 2025

  • a man in a suit holds a binder

    Trump to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China

  • a man speaking

    Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says

  • Business district of Dublin city centre

    Trump will not be ‘meteor’ blow to Irish economy, says employers’ group

  • Tesla Model 3 vehicles at the carmaker’s factory in Shanghai, China

    Tesla takes EU to court over tariffs on EVs made in China

  • Observer comment cartoon
    Chris Riddell on Donald Trump, an ill wind that blows nobody any good – cartoon

  • ‘They need a reset’: gloom in Davos as Trump boom leaves Europe behind

  • Trump uses Davos address to accuse oil producers of prolonging Ukraine war

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: ‘It’s not a customs union’: No 10 leaves door open to joining pan-Europe scheme – as it happened

  • What is the pan-Europe customs area that the EU is open to the UK joining?

  • EU trade chief says it ‘could consider’ UK joining pan-Europe customs deal

  • Trump threatens 10% tariff on China and considers EU levy

  • Who owns the Panama Canal and why does Trump want it?

  • Observer business agenda
    Davos is appealing for ‘collaboration in the intelligent age’. Good luck with that

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