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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Trump versus trade: the global economic outlook for 2025 in five charts

Donald Trump speaks from a lectern marked 'Turning point USA'
Donald Trump addresses supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, on 22 December. Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

The global economy is entering the new year with rising geopolitical tensions looming over its prospects, as the world’s leading central banks attempt to cut interest rates after the worst inflation shock in decades.

Donald Trump’s second term in the White House is expected to dominate the economic agenda. Global trade tensions are on the horizon as the president-elect threatens to impose sweeping tariffs on US imports.

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