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Higher levels of tariffs and increased geopolitical threats are a “major risk” to the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
It comes as US President Donald Trump is once again threatening to raise taxes imposed on imports, this time against eight European countries for not supporting his plan to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.
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It expects Singapore’s central bank to be the first to tighten policy in the region
[SINGAPORE] With the US economy outperforming expectations, Standard Chartered believes that no further monetary policy rate cuts are in the cards for 2026, and the US dollar is poised to move higher.
Relative to “pretty downbeat expectations”,
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Additional US tariffs would burden the chemical and pharmaceutical industries on both sides of the Atlantic, German industry group VCI said on Monday.
“A tariff spiral would cause high economic costs in both Europe and the US,”
Kate WhannelPolitical reporter
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said a trade war is in “no-one’s interest” after Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10% tax on imports from the UK and other countries who oppose his plans to take control of Greenland.
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Europe must engage in talks with the United States to “avert a trade war” over Greenland, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Monday.
In a post on X, Alice Weidel said “the goal must now be talks” to find a solution to the dispute with US President Donald Trump,
