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World leaders criticise Trump tariffs

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BBC |
French President Emmanuel Macron has called the tariffs a "brutal and unfounded decision" that will have a "massive impact" on the European economy, adding that the US economy and consumers will emer...
The Financial Times |
Trump used rarely-invoked emergency powers to unleash tariffs of between 10 per cent and 50 per cent against almost every country in the world, taking aim at a global trading system that he said had “...
CNN |
President Trump's trade tariffs are sending shockwaves through the global markets with US stocks posting their worst day since 2020.

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