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From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade
Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold st ...View More
Planning changes offer a bright spot for Rachel Reeves – but grey areas exist | Heather Stewart
OBR’s verdict of a long-term 0.4% boost to GDP from fewer building restrictions will have real polit ...View More
Who is running Britain’s economy – Rachel Reeves or Donald Trump?
The chancellor’s careful calculations for her spring statement are likely to be blown out of the wat ...View More
The poor don’t need Reeves’s austerity. And neither does Britain | William Keegan
With the economy stagnating, this is the very worst time to depress demand in order to be seen to ‘b ...View More
The Observer view on the spring statement: Rachel Reeves balanced the books – but at whose expense? | Observer editorial
Here was a successful economic strategy in the making, marred by its abdication of responsibility to ...View More
From more tax to rewriting budget rules: six alternative ways Rachel Reeves could raise money
The chancellor has been slated by politicians, the public and campaigners for pushing ahead with bru ...View More
Wall Street shrinks in response to price pressures, stoking fears of Trump tariffs
Major indices fell by about 2% as data shows rising prices and the Fed holds off on cutting interest ...View More
Wall Street slides as US consumer sentiment falls to two-year low amid tariff fears – as it happened
US stocks fall after latest consumer sentiment poll shows Americans are anxious about the state of t ...View More
‘Down to the wire’: inside the UK’s crunch talks with the US as it bids to avoid Trump tariffs
Ministers seek carve-out from import taxes before 2 April deadline – but critics believe they may ha ...View More
China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains; UK’s 2024 growth revised higher – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOver in Germany, the number of people out ...View More
