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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Heather Stewart in Washington

IMF chief urges US to strike trade deals swiftly to limit damage to global economy

Kristalina Georgieva
The IMF managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, holds a press briefing during the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has urged the US to strike trade deals urgently to limit the damage to the global economy from Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

Speaking at a press conference at the IMF’s spring meetings in Washington, Georgieva declined to criticise the US administration directly; but warned that what she called “major trade policy shifts” had “spiked uncertainty off the charts”.

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