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How Tariffs In The EU Work

EU economic sectors most exposed to US tariffs
Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond to US President Donald Trump's recent offensive.

How The EU Is Responding To Trump's Trade Assault

The EU plans to hit US soybeans imports with tariffs, after officials said Europe could buy the stuff from Brazil
Hit by three waves of painful US tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office, the European Union's response has been a high-wire act, balancing calibrated retaliation with a push for negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.
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A Palestinian man sells fuel, extracted from recycled plastic at a makeshift plant, at a roadside kiosk in the northern Gaza Strip

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 44

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Sunday as Israel's prime minister vowed a "strong response" to a rare salvo of rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled territory.
US President Donald Trump signing executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods

Trump Tariffs To Test Resiliency Of US Consumers

In unveiling tariffs this week challenging the decades-old international trade order, President Donald Trump lambasted globalization as a raw deal for the United States that has devastated US manufacturing towns.
A young Palestinian boy stands amid the rubble of a school building in the Al-Tuffa neighbourhood of Gaza where rescuers say at least 31 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Thursday.

Israel Expands Ground Offensive In Gaza City

Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn.
Supporters of South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol react after the Constitutional Court's verdict on Yoon's impeachment outside the presidential residence in Seoul

South Korea Court Ousts Impeached President Yoon

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday unanimously upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, stripping him of office and triggering fresh elections after months of political turmoil.
Jordan Bardella, the National Rally chief, said the upcoming Paris rally was 'not a power play'

France Le Pen Eyes 2027 Vote, Says Swift Appeal 'Good News'

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said in an interview published Wednesday that she would use all possible legal avenues to stand in 2027 elections despite a ban on her running and hailed the promise of a speedy appeal of her criminal conviction.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has echoed Trump's attacks on Europe over trade

Rubio Heads To Europe As Transatlantic Tensions Soar

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Wednesday to a NATO meeting in Europe as transatlantic tensions soar, with President Donald Trump slapping tariffs on Europeans and challenging Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland.
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Superannuation Boom: Australian Super Funds Expand Overseas Holdings

"There's AU$4.2 trillion of members' money under management in superannuation," Mary Delahunty, chief executive of ASFA, said. "That makes Australia one of the top investors in the world." Within the next five to seven years, Australia is expected to surpass the U.K. and Canada, making it the second-largest pool of capital globally.

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