Trade

Who knew about his plans to reverse his tariff policy, and who benefitted?

The idea that digital regulation is an attack on free speech is a myth, largely perpetuated by allies of big tech

Trump’s dangerous adviser believes in an economic theory that was disproved 200 years ago

MAGA’s trade war has abruptly silenced Farage and other useful idiots who once echoed his agenda

How did Trump secure a second term? Why has he started a tariff war? The 2017 winner of the Pulitzer prize for drama offers an explanation

Thanks to the SPD, expectations of the soon-to-be chancellor are now so low he can hardly fail to impress once in office

If Trump and his vice-president have a genius for anything, it’s global media dominance

Global finance's hopes that the White House would drop tariffs led to them jumping on a piece of fake news

Keir Starmer’s chumminess towards Trump has protected the UK from the worst of his tariff madness. But it also risks a rift with the EU

Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster

No complex calculations have gone into these import taxes - just reckless back-of-an-envelope stuff

The US president has relentlessly attacked the institutions of American life. But there is one thing that he cannot defeat, because if it falls, it will take him – and the US – down with it

The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US

The GDP hit from being out of the EU is far worse than the one we’re facing from the White House

The last time the US imposed blanket tariffs it led to global economic and political disaster. This time could be just as bad. How can the rest of the world defend itself?

No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen

His previous attempt to start a trade war with China only rebounded on America. This time round, might the US president try to cut a deal?

Joining in with Europe’s retaliation over steel import taxes would be self-defeating - but there’s a risk involved

The new president presents us with a huge opportunity. As the US becomes more volatile and unwelcoming, Britain, and Europe could well benefit

An entitled, deluded president risks setting off a chain reaction of global financial devastation

Trump is already doing colossal damage to the US and sending his allies into a spin. Can Europe and China deal with America’s wild political volatility?

The protectionist president’s economic illiteracy and historical ignorance threatens a global trade war that no one can win

On defence, trade and tech, Europe is bracing itself for four years of threats and chaos

Voters believe our economic future lies with the EU rather than with president Trump

A refresh of EU product safety standards, GPSR, will be a disaster for the UK’s small exporters, with the government little help

Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

No, things wouldn’t have gone better if the Tories had prioritised Commonwealth trade

Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain

As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project

Brexit supporters claim Germany’s crisis proves we were right to leave the EU. That’s puerile, illogical stuff

Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops