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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Archie Bland

Wednesday briefing: What the latest wave of tariffs mean for the US, UK, Europe – and you

U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders for reciprocal tariffs in Washington. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Good morning. According to Donald Trump, it’s “liberation day”: the advent of a new trade order in which Americans reap the benefit of massive tariffs on imports, and the rest of the world picks up the tab.

Unsurprisingly, the United States’ trading partners tend to take a very different view. And they are doing everything they can to avoid being passive targets for the White House’s carnivorous vision of American exceptionalism.

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