US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have met for an historic summit in Singapore today.

As Trump's tariffs bite the Commerce Department has been flooded with almost 19,000 requests so far to have products excluded from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs. Companies are resorting to unconventional means to persuade the administration that the duties will hurt U.S. production and jobs.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe will implement counter measures against US tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Britain's Rolls-Royce said a costly compressor problem that had grounded Boeing planes had now been found in a different type of engine, compounding pressures on a group that is due to cut more than 4,000 jobs this week.

A levy on disposable cups could hurt the UK’s manufacturing sector, according to a study report Packaging News.

The United States has been singled out by some of its closest allies over the imposition of tariffs that they warn will undermine open trade and weaken confidence in the global economy.

In an exclusive extract from a new book, Will Hutton and Andrew Adonis argue that the UK has been entwined with Europe for centuries, whatever Leavers claim.

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. and Chinese officials have discussed specific American export items Beijing might buy as part of its pledge to narrow its trade surplus with the United States, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Sunday as the two sides began a new round of talks in Beijing aimed at settling a simmering trade dispute.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has told U.S. President Donald Trump that the new U.S. tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a "mistake."

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers urged a “careful re-evaluation of these tariffs so they address legitimate concerns” without harming users of the metals.