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  • Wednesday, 30 July, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 30 July, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 30 July, 2025
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    Rerouting of goods to currency area could result in up to 10% rise in cheap Chinese imports in 2026, say economists

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  • Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
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    Trump’s tariff blitz brings US levies to highest levels since 1930s

    Washington has locked in tariffs on almost 45% of American imports

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  • Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
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  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
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  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
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    Most exports from bloc to face 15% tariffs while European market will open to more American imports

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  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
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    EU and other trading partners are being bullied into opaque and unenforceable deals

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with US President Donald Trump
  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
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    Volkswagen embodies the challenge ahead for European industry

    The risks of decline go far beyond any single company

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  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    European stocks rise to 4-month high after US and EU strike tariff deal

    Agreement removes threat of full-blown trade war between Washington and Brussels

    The Eu and US flags with a 15% tariff image in the foreground
  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    US and EU reach tariff agreement to avert trade war

    Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen

    President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • Sunday, 27 July, 2025
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    How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller

    Relief at avoiding trade war is tinged with regret at not taking firmer stand from the start

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  • Sunday, 27 July, 2025
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