Exclusive: In a rare intervention, the former prime minister says it’s not in UK best interests to hit back with its own tariffs

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Tuesday welcomed President Trump’s tariffs, encouraging others to “give it a shot and see what happens.” “Our country’s going in the wrong direction, $37 trillion in debt,” Tuberville told reporters in a clip that aired on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday, hours before Trump is expected to announce…

Britain said it believed a trade deal with the United States was close as it sought to soften the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs which threaten an escalating global trade war that would hurt its open economy.

But how exactly were these tariffs - essentially taxes on imports - worked out? BBC Verify has been looking at the calculations behind the numbers. When Trump presented a giant cardboard chart detailing the tariffs in the White House Rose Garden it was initially assumed that the charges were calculated based on existing trade barriers of individual countries.

President Donald Trump surprised global markets with his much-anticipated announcement of sweeping import tariffs. How will they affect U.S. consumers?

The sweeping duties immediately unleashed turbulence across world markets and drew condemnation from leaders faced with the end of decades of trade liberalization.

Donald Trump’s tariffs on global US imports will dent the UK government’s fragile growth ambitions and hit key manufacturing sectors, industry groups and economists have warned. The 10 per cent levy — while less than the 20 per cent faced by the EU — will weaken demand and disrupt supply chains,

BBC reporters look at how the latest US import taxes are seen in the EU, China, India, the UK and South Africa.