Economy

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day...

Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days but hits China harder

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day...

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

by Andrew Murphy

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

by Andrew Murphy

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