France open to letting deficit reduction target slip amid tariff uncertainty, minister says France’s finance minister Eric Lombard has opened the door to letting the French government’s deficit reduction target slip this year – ruling out extra spending cuts and tax increases to offset a potential shortfall in growth. SpeakingContinue Reading

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Registrations of new cars rose by 12.4% last month, figures show. Industry body the SocietyContinue Reading

Japan says Trump’s tariffs a ‘national crisis’ Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said this morning that tariffs imposed on Japanese goods by US president Donald Trump are a “national crisis”. Japan, one of the United States’ biggest trading partners and its largest foreign investor, was hit by a 24-percent levy. TheContinue Reading