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Economy
Europe’s first Universal theme park to bring ‘joy to Britain’: PM
London (AFP) - Universal will build its first European theme park in Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday, unveiling...
Trump tells US to ‘be cool’ as China, EU strike back
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump brushed off global market panic Wednesday after China and the European Union announced...
US Treasury chief defends tariffs, warns against aligning with China
Washington (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries Wednesday against closer alignment with China on trade, as he...
Trade war escalates as China hits US with huge tariff
Beijing (AFP) - China announced Wednesday massive retaliatory tariffs on US goods, sharply escalating a trade war started by President...
‘Curve ball’: Irish whiskey producers fret over US tariffs
Dundalk (Ireland) (AFP) - For Tony Healy, an Irish whiskey producer in Dundalk, near the UK border with Northern Ireland,...
Greek general strike hits transport and commerce
Athens (AFP) - More than 15,000 people took to the streets in Greece on Wednesday in the second 24-hour general...
‘Catastrophe’: Volkswagen town rattled by Trump trade war
Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) - The dour mood at Germany's crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen has given way to angst and fury...
How tariffs in the EU work
Paris (AFP) - Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond...
Some US consumers in ‘survival mode’ as Trump tariffs arrive
Arlington (United States) (AFP) - American consumers braced for pain even ahead of President Donald Trump's hefty tariffs on imported...
China seeks to ‘tariff-proof’ economy as trade war with US deepens
Beijing (AFP) - China is trying to tariff-proof its economy by boosting consumption and investing in key industries, but analysts...
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