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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Paul Wiseman

Hiring slows across US amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs

US employers have slowed their rate of hiring, adding 139,000 jobs in May amid growing uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump’s trade wars, according to the Department of Labor.

The figures, released on Friday, reveal a slight drop from April’s revised figure of 147,000.

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