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A U.K. trade ‘deal’ that left the tariff war fully intact
Trump’s announced framework with Britain cut some duties on autos, steel, and aluminum, but kept the 10% baseline tariff and did little to calm the bigger trade fight.
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Europe responds to Trump’s tariff chaos with retaliation prep
The European Union published a U.S. product hit list and moved toward WTO action, underscoring how Trump’s tariff escalation kept producing blowback instead of leverage.