
Siobhan Kennedy
Washington Correspondent at Channel 4 News
Washington Correspondent Channel 4 News.
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1 week ago |
channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy
We’re in Washington, where the markets are in flux, bonds are in peril, the dollar is at a three-year-low and China has described Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariff war as “a joke”. According to Mr Trump, it’s all “doing really well!” But one survey of US consumers says their mood has spiralled “from anxious to petrified”. Eggs cost more than $6 a dozen. Under China’s new retaliatory tariffs – an iPhone could soar to well over $2,000.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy
A sudden social media post from Donald Trump has turned all his tariff plans upside down, again. “Based on the lack of respect China has shown to the world markets”, he declared, “I am hearby raising the tariff charged by the United States of America to 125%”. As for the countries which he said had not “at my strong suggestion retaliated in any way, shape or form…I have authorised a 90 day pause and a substantially lowered reciprocal tariff during this period of 10%”.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy
After insisting almost on a daily basis that he would not change his policy, President Trump has abruptly announced a pause on reciprocal tariffs for 90 days.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy
Donald Trump’s team argue that their tariffs are a kind of shock therapy designed to reset the global economy in America’s favour. But the immediate effect of chaos is already hitting people across the United States – from pensions to car prices. It’s even sent Elon Musk over the edge.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington meeting Donald Trump to discuss tariffs and the war in Gaza.
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