Trump to proceed with 50% tariff on China as trade war escalates
White House says new duty regime will begin on April 9 as Beijing warns that it will ‘fight to the end’
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US egg prices break record high for third consecutive month even as inflation drops
The 12-month inflation rate at 2.4%, down from 2.8% in February, was largely fueled by a sharp fall in gas prices
The price of eggs continues to soar for American consumers, rising by almost 6% in March even as overall inflation fell slightly.
Breaking a record high for the third consecutive month, the average cost of a dozen large eggs hit $6.23 in March – more than double the price just 12-months earlier, according to new figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday. This surpassed the previous record highs of $5.90 a dozen in February, and $4.95 in January.
After this, what more proof does Britain need that it cannot ‘cosy up’ to Trump? | William Keegan
With the US disengaging from its traditional relationship with Europe, we need to abandon our ‘red lines’ and rekindle ties with our neighbours
Alas: that the infantile wrecker in the White House has “blinked” may be some relief; but the damage he is wreaking on his own country and the rest of us persists.
Amid the chaos, conspiracy theories abound. Is Trump a “useful idiot” of even darker forces? What has Putin got on a president who succeeds a long line of (mostly) admirable predecessors, who saw Russian leaders as enemies with whom they had to coexist, not as friends?
Goldman’s Waldron says US’s early trade deals to ‘serve as a template’
Wall Street executive expects investor focus to shift towards fiscal policy and the federal budget