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‘War’ and ‘pain’: what the papers say about Donald Trump’s trade tariffs

Newspapers & magazines | The Guardian · Guardian staff · last updated

The US president has announced new taxes on imports to the US starting at a baseline of 10% – here is the front-page reaction in Britain

Donald Trump’s tariff “day of liberation” arrived with the US president imposing markups on imports while accusing other nations, including allies, of “looting, pillaging, raping and plundering” the US.

The UK got off relatively lightly with the basic 10%. Here is how major British newspapers see it.

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