After this, what more proof does Britain need that it can’t ‘cosy up’ to Trump? With the US disengaging from its traditional relationship with Europe, we need to abandon our ‘red lines’ and rekindle ties with our neighbours
Rachel Reeves calls for global free trade fightback to protect UK economy New measures announced to help tariff-hit British firms amid ambitious plans to foster closer ties with EU
Now is not the time to turn our backs on the world but to face forward In uncertain times, the government is seeking to foster the stability that promotes security and growth, the chancellor argues
Trump’s tariff mess raises the danger of a US default The US could breach the debt ceiling even sooner than predicted without action from Republicans
In the face of Trump’s mayhem, Europe is the direction to which the UK must turn – and Keir Starmer knows it The PM will not antagonise the unpredictable president, but it is clear to No 10 that Trump is the problem and the solution lies elsewhere, says journalist and Keir Starmer biographer Tom Baldwin
Did Trump’s tariffs kill economic populism? Lasting damage has been done not only to Trump’s political credibility but to globalisation as a system
US stock markets rally as White House says there is ‘great optimism’ in the economy – as it happened US markets close on high note after turbulent week as White House insists Trump’s tariffs are ‘proven economic formula’
Trump insists tariff war is ‘doing really well’ as recession fears mount S&P 500 and Dow Jones rise sharply after extraordinarily volatile week as experts warn of continued turbulence
Starmer aiming to ‘pass emergency legislation in one day’ to save British Steel – as it happened Parliament is being recalled on Saturday to vote on emergency legislation that will bring British Steel under government control
‘The damage is done’: Trump’s tariffs put the dollar’s safe haven status in jeopardy Experts say fears about unpredictable policy are creating crisis of confidence in US bonds once seen as ‘risk free’
Democrats call for insider trading investigation over Trump’s tariff pause Elizabeth Warren and other senators urge SEC to look into whether president engaged in market manipulation
Trump’s tariff battle with China has ‘echoes of the Vietnam war’, US economist says Adam Posen, former Bank of England policymaker, compared the tactics to Johnson and Nixon refusing to back down
Trump was playing chicken with tariffs. Then he chickened out In a second term of fiat, flubbing and flip–flopping, Trump pursued his desire to wield a club over everyone and everything
UK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5% in boost to Rachel Reeves February GDP rise was bigger than forecast but impact from Donald Trump’s tariff war has yet to come
GDP jump offers Rachel Reeves some light as UK enters Trump tariff tunnel Growth defied forecasts that chancellor had hobbled economy, but trade war casts long shadow