Nick Edser Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The forecast for US economic growth for this year has been given the biggest downgrade among advanced economies by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to uncertainty caused by trade tariffs. Growth is now expected to be 1.8% this year, down from the IMF’s estimate of 2.7%...
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Trump’s tariffs are a blow for countries like Vietnam that rely heavily on exports US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs targeting most of the world are now in effect – and outside China, no other region has been hit as hard as South East Asia. Near the...
Watch: Three things to know about Trump’s tariffs announcement New trade tariffs unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday are expected to have a major global impact, and have been condemned by the European Union and other key US allies. But Trump’s latest import taxes may get a different response in China, whose leader...
