UNITED AUTO WORKERS (UAW) president Shawn Fain said on Wednesday that new 25 per cent tariffs on foreign-made cars is a step towards ending “the free trade disaster.”
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he intends to impose tariffs on cars and light trucks imported into the country.
Mr Trump said that the tariffs would come into force on April 2. The US president said he believes the new tax could raise between $600 billion and $1 trillion over the next two years (between £463bn and £700bn).
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
The plot to build a lavish Dubai-style luxury development where the rich can sun themselves on top of the mass graves of thousands is one of the most bizarre and twisted ideas to come out of the genocide in Gaza, writes ROGER McKENZIE
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT


