A year on: Four ways Trump's tariffs have changed the global economy
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“One year later, tariff rates in the US stand at the highest level in decades, with the average effective rate at roughly 10% up from about 2.5% at the start of last year.”
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— This Is Us is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents and their…
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— The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital dist…
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— Us, us, uS, or US commonly refers to:
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U.S., an abbreviation for the United States
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“The value of US imports from China plunged roughly 30% last year. Shipments from the US to China saw a similar drop, down more than 25%.”
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— us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or f…
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— Diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan were established in 1950, when the Dominion of Pakistan was among the first countries to sever di…
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— The People's Republic of China (PRC) has a developing socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans. China has the world's second-largest economy by nominal…
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“Chinese goods represented less than 10% of America's overall imports - comparable to levels last seen in 2000 and down from more than 20% in 2016, the year Trump was first elected.”
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— us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or f…
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— US Airways was a major airline originally founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a mail delivery airline in 1939 called All American Aviation, which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 195…
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— Us and Them (Chinese: 后来的我们; pinyin: hòu lái de wǒ men; lit. 'The Future Us') is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu in her directorial debut and produced …
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“US imports ended up increasing more than 4% last year - more slowly than in 2024 but hardly evidence of a plunge into isolationism.”
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“The UK's share of exports to the US sank, while countries such as Germany, France and Poland gained ground.”
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“Canadian travel to the US plunged by 20% last year, costing the US economy more than $4bn, according to estimates by the US Travel Association.”
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“About 55% of the new charges were passed on to consumers last year, Goldman Sachs estimated in October.”
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“The US Supreme Court struck down the Liberation Day duties altogether, even calling into question the surge in tariff revenue the government took in last year. The US is now on the hook to return more than half the $260bn it had collected.”
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“That helped push up the US inflation rate last year by about half a percentage point to roughly 3%, compared to what it would have been without tariffs, Pearce said.”
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