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Trade policy

2 February 2025

  • Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, sit and talk at Chequers on Sunday.

    Keir Starmer to discuss European defence with all 27 EU leaders

  • New York yellow cabs pass a large electronic Nasdaq sign

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

  • Heather Stewart

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

    Heather Stewart
  • Yvette Cooper walks outside on a bright morning

    UK seeks smoother trade with EU but customs union is ‘red line’, Cooper says

1 February 2025

  • A blanket being woven on a loom: the close-up image shows textile with a pattern of blue, yellow and orange geometric squares being woven

    Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

    New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to comply

January 2025

  • Chickens crowded together at a farm in Poland

    Delays to post-Brexit border checks may have let diseased chicken enter UK

  • Keir Starmer smiles and makes a double thumbs-up gesture at a Downing Street reception. Photograph by AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool

    Politics Weekly UK
    Trump speaks with Starmer, and Reeves tries to reset – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • Donald Trump and Keir Starmer in splitscreen

    ‘There’s a rocky time ahead’: UK government prepares to navigate Trump’s second term

  • Keir Starmer

    ‘Move closer to Europe – not Trump’ voters tell Starmer in major UK poll

  • 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?

  • ‘A watershed moment’: how will Labour play Trump 2.0?

  • The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on

  • UK economy could be especially at risk from Trump’s tariff war, says minister

  • Fall in UK trade with EU should spur rewrite of post-Brexit rules, says IPPR

  • UK bans German meat and dairy products after foot-and-mouth case

  • Reeves’ drive for growth seeks China lifeline after UK market turmoil

  • Reeves vows to stand by fiscal rules to achieve stability despite market turmoil

  • Consumers could face price rises of 20% in 2025, trade experts warn

  • William Keegan's in my view
    The UK does have a ‘special relationship’ – but it’s with Europe

    William Keegan
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