April 3, 2025
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April 3, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Pose a New Threat for Germany’s St…
Germany had hoped that a new government would revive its stagnant economy, but President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are stoking worries that Europe’s biggest economy will fall short of its 0.3 percent growth expectations
April 3, 2025
Not Even a Royal Invite Spared the U.K. From Trump…
After all that — the chummy Oval Office meeting, the extraordinary royal invitation, the paeans to the “special relationship” — Britain and its solicitous prime minister, Keir Starmer, still got swept into President Trump’s
April 3, 2025
Trump Tariffs Aim to Revive U.S. Manufacturing. Is…
President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on a scale unseen in nearly a century is more than a shot across the bow at U.S. trading partners. If kept in place, the import taxes will also
April 3, 2025
Japan Lacks a ‘Viable Option’ for Retaliating to T…
After being smacked with double-digit percentage tariffs by a key ally, Japan finds itself with few retaliatory options. Since President Trump began threatening broad tariffs in January, Japan has pursued a conciliatory strategy, with
April 3, 2025
Landlords reveal their most costly mistakes with r…
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April 3, 2025
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Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of
April 3, 2025
China Will Face at Least 54 Percent Tariffs With T…
With the new tariffs announced on Wednesday in Washington, President Trump has now imposed additional tariffs on Chinese goods of 54 percent — an extremely heavy burden that will cause companies to look elsewhere
April 3, 2025
How Are Trump’s Tariff Rates Calculated?
As he unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America’s trading partners, President Trump repeatedly stressed that each nation’s rate was reciprocal — reflecting the barriers they had long erected to U.S. goods.
April 2, 2025