The world’s biggest powers were deep in a trade war. Economic losses from the tariffs that President Trump had imposed on most of the world, along with global retaliation, were…
Women in blue cloth hairnets sew the finishing touches on plush pink piggies and orange stuffed foxes, before tossing them onto giant piles in Maria Liao’s factory in southern China.…
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentBBCThe trade secretary has insisted the UK is best-placed to eventually overturn US trade tariffs, despite failing to negotiate an exemption so far.Jonathan Reynolds told…
Firemen from Highland Beach, Fla., were heading to a conference in Miami, a money manager to his office in Boca Raton. Families with young children wearing Mickey Mouse ears and…
Why is my energy bill £19,000 more than firms in London?BBCMike Jones said higher costs are driving some customers across the borderA dry cleaner has said businesses just 10 miles…
Hank Steinbrecher, a soccer evangelist from Queens whose passion as a top United States official in the sport helped usher it into the American mainstream and who, in a previous…
Image source, Getty Images/BBCThe amount of National Insurance (NI) paid by employers is rising on 6 April. The government has repeatedly promised not to put up the main rates of…
A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s request to approve a $9 billion settlement with tens of thousands of people who are suing the company…
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Sam FrancisPolitical reporter, BBC NewsCouncil tax bills rose rise for millions of households in England, Scotland and Wales on 1 April. Council finances are "extremely challenging"…
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Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.Water bills, energy…
President Trump is set to announce on Wednesday global tariffs that he says will combat unfair trade treatment by other countries and make sure American exporters remain competitive.On Monday, the…