President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs, but escalated a spiralling trade war with China. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners came into effect, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%”...
BBC Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are crippling for major Chinese exporters like the fast-fashion giant Shein China has called for the world to unite against Trump’s tariffs as the country’s exporters reel from crippling new US levies that have risen to 104%. “Global unity can triumph over trade tyranny,” declared an editorial in the...
Getty Images A full-scale trade war with China and the US is in prospect after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs of more than 100% on Chinese goods imports from Wednesday 9 April. China has said it will “fight to the end” rather than capitulate to what it sees as US coercion, and has...
According to UN data, at the end of the last century, there were 350 million people in the world who owned as much wealth as half the world’s population. The search for methods to change this state of affairs requires a deeper understanding of methods for achieving equality. Methods for achieving communism, the only form...
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Anne Soy BBC deputy Africa editor, Nairobi Lesotho’s garment workers face an uncertain future once President Donald Trump’s 50% import tariff kicks in Thursday was a “terrible” and “devastating” day for people involved in Lesotho’s textile sector as they digested the news that the country’s exports to the US would be hit by a 50%...
The impact of these tariffs on the world economy will be huge. They can be measured by the lines on a chart of US tariff revenue jumping to levels not seen in a century – beyond those seen during the high protectionism of the 1930s. Or in the overnight stock market falls, especially in Asia....
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To celebrate label’s formative years, on 20 June, Rough Trade 45s: Volume 1 covers the influential indie label’s early releases between 1978 and 1980 featuring Augustus Pablo, The Raincoats, Cabaret Voltaire, Swell Maps and more, with Rough Trade 45s: Volume 2 covering 1980-1993 due to release later in 2025. Boasting eight classic 45s that followed...
The Boo Radleys | The Lunar Pull Rough Trade, Liverpool30th March 2025 Martin Gray catches the weekend’s homecoming show by The Boo Radleys performing their 1995 album Wake Up! in its entirety to mark its 30th anniversary. Support comes courtesy of emerging Wirral-based indie rock hopefuls The Lunar Pull. This is the first time I have...
Few papers avoid mentioning – or leading – on Donald Trump’s threat of global tariffs that he is poised to unveil on Wednesday. “Carnage” and “Trump trade madness” splashes the Daily Mirror, as it reports that the UK is “braced for new wave of tariffs today”. Trump has trailed the measures for weeks, initially suggesting...