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No escape for UK as Trump targets ‘foreign cheaters’ in new global trade war

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Trump’s tariffs may inadvertently liberate Americans from their retirement savings

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Israel says it is expanding military operation in Gaza and will ‘capture large areas’

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Trump tariffs live: UK reveals 400-page list of US goods for potential retaliations

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Home News

‘There are no winners’: What readers are saying about Trump’s tariffs

Our community share their concerns on the potential impact of Trump’s new tariffs, from ‘worsening the cost-of-living crisis’ to ‘finding opportunity amid the chaos’

<p>President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he has 'settled' on his sweeping Liberation Day tariff plans </p>

The Independent Debate

<p>Health Secretary Wes Streeting walks in Downing Street in London, Britain, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay</p>
Health

Is the NHS in crisis? Have your say as satisfaction hits new low

Health

Is the NHS in crisis? Have your say as satisfaction hits new low

<p>Health Secretary Wes Streeting walks in Downing Street in London, Britain, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay</p>
<p>The death of the high street has been detrimental to countless British retailers (Alamy/PA)</p>
Home News

From Woolworths to WH Smith: Readers name high street brands they miss

<p>Increasing energy bills are among a range of price rises coming in in April (PA)</p>
Money

Energy, water, council tax – how are you coping with rising bills?

<p>Shoppers pass a Woolworths shop on its last day of trading on December 27, 2008 in New Malden, London</p>
Lifestyle

As WH Smith leaves the high street, which lost chain do you miss most?

<p>Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Independent readers react to Rachel Reeves’ spring statement

<p>Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Independent readers react to Rachel Reeves’ spring statement

<p>Rachel Reeves’ spring statement is fast approaching</p>
Money

Tell us how you feel about Reeves’ spring statement

<p>Erin Doherty and Owen as Jamie and in 'Adolescence' </p>
Home News

As Adolescence panics parents, what worries you about raising kids?

<p>Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall addressed Parliament on welfare reform (James Manning/PA)</p>
Money

Readers clash over Labour’s benefit reforms

<p>The Chancellor is set to announce a cut to benefits (Philip Toscano/PA)</p>
Money

Have your say: Is Labour’s welfare reform going too far?

<p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on February 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C., U.S. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo</p>
UK Politics

Tariffs, Trump, and trade: Independent readers give their verdict

<p>The end of road tax exemptions for electric vehicles has sparked fierce debate.</p>
Motoring

New EV road tax rules fuel debate among Independent readers

<p>The EU has retaliated after Trump's tariffs ramp up trade war</p>
UK Politics

Tell us how Britain should respond amid Trump tariff war

<p>Electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point has said sales for 2024 will have missed targets due to weak private sales of EVs (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Electric Vehicles

Tell us if EV owners should pay road tax

<p>Trump holds a letter from King Charles as he meets with Keir Starmer in the Oval Office (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)</p>
Home News

Readers give verdict on whether Trump’s state visit should go ahead

Ask Me Anything

UK Politics

Ask John Rentoul anything in Q&A on Trump’s tariffs, Brexit and more

<p>Donald Trump has launched a fresh wave of tariffs, including a 10 per cent duty on all British exports to the US (Carl Court/PA)</p>
<p>Rachel Reeves at a lectern answering questions, with members of the media in the foreground (Ben Stansall/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Your spring statement questions answered by Andrew Grice

<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (C) leaves Downing Street with the treasury team the day before the spring statement</p>
UK Politics

Q&A: Ask our political columnist anything on Reeves’ spring budget

<p>Foden has struggled to replicate his club form for England (Bradley Collyer/PA)</p>
Football

Your questions on Tuchel’s England answered by Miguel Delaney

<p>Thomas Tuchel and Miles Lewis-Skelly</p>
Football

Miguel Delaney answers questions on England’s World Cup chances

Have your say

<p>‘For Donald Trump, trade tariffs and sanctions are quite different things and so kept in quite distinct lanes’</p>
Voices

As Russia is spared from tariffs, is Trump playing into Putin’s hands?

Voices

As Russia is spared from tariffs, is Trump playing into Putin’s hands?

<p>‘For Donald Trump, trade tariffs and sanctions are quite different things and so kept in quite distinct lanes’</p>
<p>If you want books for free, please go to a real library. Every time you borrow a book, authors get around 11p. That’s fair for everyone</p>
Voices

Why I and other bestselling authors are protesting outside Meta today

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck at the White House</p>
Business Comment

Tesla’s takedown protests have produced one big loser – Elon Musk

Voices

Keep calm and carry on: Starmer is right to duck the tariffs brawl

<p>Shein’s float – which had been expected in the first half of this year – may have to be mothballed until investors can gauge the impact of the tariffs on its business</p>
Voices

Trump tariffs will raise cost of trainers – and trip up impulse buyers

<p>Shein’s float – which had been expected in the first half of this year – may have to be mothballed until investors can gauge the impact of the tariffs on its business</p>
Voices

Trump tariffs will raise cost of trainers – and trip up impulse buyers

<p>US president Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House</p>
Voices

Real and present danger of Trump playing TV bingo with the US economy

<p>In ‘A Real Pain’, Jesse Eisenberg plays a neurotic cousin to Kieran Culkin</p>
Voices

I have an embarrassing secret that I can’t confess to anyone

UK Politics

<p>Nigel Farage and Reform’s candidate for the Runcon and Helsby by-election, Sarah Pochin, campaigning in Frodsham</p>
UK Politics

Tories should stand aside let and Reform win by-election, says Tory MP

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UK Politics

UK threatens to retaliate to Trump tariffs and draws up hitlist

<p>Trump tariffs announcement live updates</p>
LiveBusiness

UK reveals list of US goods that could face retaliatory action - live

<p>President Donald Trump holds up a chart of 'reciprocal tariffs' while speaking during a 'Make America Wealthy Again' event in the White House Rose Garden</p>
UK Politics

Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken if it wants tariff relief

<p>President Donald Trump holds up a chart of 'reciprocal tariffs' while speaking during a 'Make America Wealthy Again' event in the White House Rose Garden</p>
UK Politics

The truth about Trump’s tariffs and the ‘Brexit dividend’

<p>Packs of ‘Brexit Selection Freshly Chlorinated Chicken’ sit on display at ‘Costupper’ Brexit Minimart pop-up store, set up by the People’s Vote campaign group, in November 2018</p>
Health

What is chlorinated chicken and will it be sold in UK supermarkets?

<p>US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Carl Court/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Trump ‘acted for his country’ with tariff plans, Starmer says

<p>Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in an event at the White House</p>
UK Politics

Trump tariffs: What does the UK trade with America?

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Business

British press urges caution following Donald Trump’s ‘weapon of tariffs’

Business

British press urges caution following Donald Trump’s ‘weapon of tariffs’

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order (Evan Vucci/AP)
Business

Minister due to face MPs after Trump tariffs unveiled

<p>Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre</p>
Americas

Here’s what to know about Canada’s snap election

<p>‘Trump’s trade vandalism thus looks like a raised middle finger spray-painted across a map of the UK’s struggling manufacturing hubs’</p>
Voices

As Trump targets UK plc, we need to work out who our friends are 

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves would be wise to consider the UK’s relationship with the EU as a shortcut to growth</p>
The Independent View

If Rachel Reeves were serious about growth, she would look to the EU

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves would be wise to consider the UK’s relationship with the EU as a shortcut to growth</p>
The Independent View

If Rachel Reeves were serious about growth, she would look to the EU

<p>Labour is currently negotiating a ‘reset’ of relations, in a deal Keir Starmer has said will repair the UK’s damaged relationship with the EU for the benefit of ‘generations to come’</p>
UK Politics

New figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year

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News

Lord Sugar: Starmer should ‘beg’ to get back into EU

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