Ben Chu & Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on goods from most countries being imported into the US, with even higher rates for what he calls the “worst offenders”. But how exactly were these tariffs – essentially taxes on imports – worked out? BBC Verify...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Reuters US President Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on all goods entering the US US President Donald Trump’s new 10% tariffs on all imports from the UK to the United States have been described as worrying by one Devon company. Quicke’s Cheeses, based near Exeter, make about 10%...
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...
EPA Stock markets in London, Paris and Berlin fell as trading began on Thursday after US President Donald Trump’s sweeping announcements on tariffs. The UK’s FTSE 100 share index was down 1% while France’s Cac 40 fell 1.7%. Earlier Asian markets had slid, while the price of gold, which is seen as a safer assest...
Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images China has said it will take “resolute countermeasures” in response to US tariffs As US President Donald Trump laid out tariffs on virtually every one of America’s trading partners on Wednesday, he had strong words for Beijing. “I have great respect for President Xi [Jinping] of China, great respect...
Office lights in some corners of Westminster were on much later than usual last night. Why? Because ministers and officials, just like so many others, were watching the telly to see what President Trump would have to say, the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds among them. The president, brandishing a giant rectangular piece of card packed...
Donald Trump’s politics have shifted considerably over his decades in the public sphere. But one thing he has been consistent on, since the 1980s, is his belief that tariffs are an effective means of boosting the US economy. Now, he’s staking his presidency on his being right. At his Rose Garden event at the White...
President Donald Trump has unveiled universal 10% tariffs on all imports into the US effective on 5 April, with certain countries hit with steeper tariffs beginning 9 April. The watershed moment for global trade is already impacting stock markets. The BBC’s Michelle Fleury breaks down what the import taxes mean for the US and countries...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said US tariffs on European Union imports are “wrong”, after US President Donald Trump announced he would begin charging a 20% rate on EU goods. Meloni is one of the many world leaders reacting to Trump’s “liberation day” announcements, which include a universal 10% baseline tariff on all imports...
AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump announced a sweeping new set of reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that they would allow the United States to succeed. “This is one of the most important days in my opinion in American history,” Trump said at a speech in the White House Rose Garden. “It’s our declaration of...
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US President Donald Trump has announced a universal “baseline” 10% tariff on all imports into the US, on what he has dubbed “Liberation Day”. Trump also unveiled a 10% tariff on UK goods and 20% on EU goods in a watershed moment for global trade. The US will also hit certain countries with much steeper...
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Watch: What is a tariff? The BBC’s Adam Fleming explains US President Donald Trump is set to announce further tariffs on 2 April, which he has suggested will hit all countries. He has already introduced a series of taxes covering steel, aluminium and car imports as well as all goods from China. Trump argues the...