‘Nothing can be ruled out,’ Macron says about Europe’s response, floats suspending French investments in US Macron says he agrees with EU leaders that “nothing can be ruled out” in response to Trump’s move as “all instruments are on the table.” “We must do whatever is effective and most proportionate … but which also clearly…
After weeks of cosying up to Donald Trump, the UK has still been hit with 10% tariffs on exports to the US, which is bad news for the economy and the public finances. So, how tough could things get for Britain? And how should Keir Starmer’s government respond? John Harris asks the former UK ambassador…
Donald Trump is on a mission to ‘make America wealthy again’. Speaking outside the White House, he said for too long the country had been ‘looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike’. Now that would come to an end, he said, as he slapped eye-watering tariffs on…
A UK division of the Indian conglomerate Tata “deliberately orchestrated” a redundancy programme in a way that unfairly targeted older, non-Indian nationals, an employment tribunal has heard. Three claimants allege the Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which is valued at almost £110bn on the BSE stock exchange in Mumbai, discriminated against them on grounds of…
The Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant is shown on April 1, 2025 in Windsor, Canada. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is pausing production at two assembly plants in Canada and Mexico as the company attempts to navigate President Donald Trump‘s new round of 25% automotive tariffs, the company confirmed Thursday. The actions are…
Starmer says Trump tariffs are start of ‘new era’, and not just ‘short-term tactical exercise’ Some commentators have assumed that President Trump is just using tariffs as a negotiating ploy. Given that he has announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico, only to cancel them very quickly, there is a theory that he is doing the…
Keir Starmer has accused Reform UK of “fawning over Putin” as the prime minister used the launch of Labour’s local election campaign to attack Nigel Farage repeatedly over his past comments about the Russian leader. With Labour viewing Reform as potentially its greatest rival in next month’s elections, Starmer devoted more time to attacking the…
Silhouette of a private executive jet flying over a calm sea at sunrise after taking off from a holiday island, Copy space. No people. Ceri Breeze | Istock | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign…
There have been calls in Italy for a “cultural rebellion” amid outrage and protests over the murders of two female students found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in the country since the start of the year to 11. Sara Campanella, a 22-year-old biomedical student, was stabbed at a bus…
Percy Pig’s US invasion could be called to a halt amid fears that Donald Trump’s tariffs could affect sales of Marks & Spencer’s popular confectionery brand which has just launched in Target stores across the Atlantic. Archie Norman, the chair of M&S, has described Percy as the retailer’s “gift to America” but he told the…
