UK exports to the U.S. plunge by most on record as tariffs bite

North American Plastics Machinery Shipments Drop Again In Q1 2025 - Canadian Plastics

Photo Credit: Adobe Stock/aicandy Shipments of injection molding and extrusion machinery in North America fell to US$252.1 million in the first quarter of 2025 from the previous quarter, which is a decline of 17.5 per cent from the last quarter of last year and 4.6 per cent decline year-over-year, according to a new report from the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). Plastics machinery shipments declined for …

Euro Zone Industry Faces Major Setbacks Amid U.S. Tariff Challenges

Euro Zone Industry Faces Major Setbacks Amid U.S. Tariff Challenges In a month riddled with economic setbacks, Euro zone industry and trade faced substantial declines in April, with industrial production falling 2.4%, as per Eurostat data released on Friday.The downturn is largely attributed to U.S. tariff announcements, which prompted American firms to expedite purchases earlier in the year.The data reveals a significant drop in the euro zone's…

British Exports To US Suffer Record Slump As Tariffs Take Effect

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Tariffs impact local company's expansion

HIGH POINT — A High Point company that supports the technology industry says federal tariffs on imports have impacted a planned expansion.

Trump Tariff Chaos Weighs on Trade With UK

Exports to the US – the country the UK trades with the most with – saw its largest monthly decrease in April since records began, official data has shown.  The onset of President Trump’s trade war with some of his closest allies and foes put governments on standby as major forecasters warned the world economy would suffer from painful tariffs on goods.  Fresh data published by the Office for National Statistics showed the UK was not immune to tu…

British Exports to US Suffer Record Slump as Tariffs Take Effect

UK exports to the United States suffered a sharp drop of 8.8 percent in April, as the effect of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs began to take effect, official data revealed on June 12. After rising for the past four months, British goods exports declined significantly, by 2.7 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) in April 2025, with falls in exports to both the EU and non-EU countries. “After increasing for each of the four preceding mont…