Trump threatens to widen tariffs with warning against EU – US politics live
President says measures against bloc will ‘definitely happen’ following moves against Mexico, Canada and China
Welcome to the Guardian’s rolling coverage of US politics news for Monday. Here are the headlines …
Asian markets tumbled in early trade on Monday after the Donald Trump administration tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China sparked fears of an escalating global trade war.
Trump has threatened to widen the scope of his trade tariffs, repeating his warning that new tariffs on the European Union will “definitely happen”
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said her government will provide more details on the retaliatory tariffs she ordered on US goods on Monday
A Wall Street Journal editorial has called Trump’s tariffs the “dumbest trade war in history”
Two senior security officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAid) have been put on administrative leave after they blocked efforts by members of Elon Musk’s department of government efficiency (Doge) to access sensitive data from the agency, five current and former USAid officials have told the Guardian
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