Tariffs

It comes as the trade talks collapsed On 1 January Canada tariffs on cars, trucks and auto parts will double to 50%, following the decision by US President Donald Trump to escalate his trade war with the neighbouring country. On Monday, Trump announced the rise from the current 25% rate, days after US-Canada trade talks […]

1 week ago

With an AI-generated image of himself hauling a pipe from the ground Donald Trump has paused the 50 per cent Canada tariffs due to take effect on Wednesday morning. The US president announced a three-day delay on Truth Social less than two hours before the levy was set to hit nearly $20bn (C$28bn) of Canadian […]

1 week ago

The government published a full list of essential items The government has published a list of “everyday essentials” set for price cuts under new government plans to ease the rising costs of groceries. The very nature of the wording of the ‘cost of living crisis’ once made it feel like a temporary thing, but, five […]

3 months ago

The Supreme Court ruled his tariffs illegal Donald Trump has announced a new 10% global tariff in response to the Supreme Court ruling his previous tariffs illegal. Earlier today, the court decided that Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs last year on a number of countries through a law reserved for national emergencies. […]

6 months ago

The PM took aim at Kemi Badenoch as well. Keir Starmer has taken aim at Donald Trump for his U-turn on the UK’s Chagos Islands deal. This week, Trump labelled Britain’s deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an “act of great stupidity,” just months after his administration had praised it as a “monumental […]

7 months ago

“Our position on Greenland is very clear.” Yesterday, Donald Trump has announced plans to impose extra tariffs on the UK and other European countries unless a deal is reached over Greenland. He said the tariffs will begin on February 1 and will remain in place until “such time as a Deal is reached for the […]

8 months ago