UK politics: Starmer warns Trump’s US tariffs not just ‘short-term tactical exercise’ – as it happened

PM says measures mark ‘the beginning of a new era’ for trade and the global economy

Labour tries to seem in control while The Donald unleashes chaos on the world

Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trump’s tariffs

Macron calls Trump’s tariffs ‘brutal and unfounded’ and warns France could suspend US investments – as it happened

President says ‘nothing can be ruled out’ in response to US measures

UK takes first step towards possible retaliation against US tariffs

Jonathan Reynolds tells MPs he is keeping ‘all options on the table’ after Trump’s announcement of import taxes on British goods

What Trump’s tariffs could mean for UK consumers

A global trade war could affect everything from prices to pensions, and inflation to interest rates

China condemns ‘unilateral bullying’ as it calls on US to drop tariffs

Chinese commerce ministry says ‘there is no way out for protectionism’ as tariffs rise from 20% to 54%

Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists

‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray

Global stock markets fall and dollar dives after Trump announces sweeping tariffs

European markets and US futures dip sharply after news triggers sell-off across Asia

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs

Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is China

The left needs to halt the UK’s slide into Farageism. This is the kind of leader who could do it

Leftwing policies have mass appeal – what’s needed is a figurehead who can bring back alienated voters and dodge culture wars, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Trump goes full gameshow host to push his tariff plan – and nobody’s a winner

There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs, upending decades of US trade policy

President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’

Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for business

President promised liberation yet may have plunged the US into recession and the world into an economic scramble

Why Starmer’s trade diplomacy may still bear fruit despite 10% tariffs on UK

Retaliation may not be needed as Britain likely to be ‘front of the queue’ in agreeing deal to redraw trade relationship