U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping tariff campaign since returning to office in January, targeting major economies and disrupting global trade flows.
Since his inauguration on 20 January 2025, President Trump has imposed a succession of trade tariffs on countries including China, Mexico, Canada, the European Union and several Asian economies.
The campaign began with a 25 % duty on most imports from Mexico and Canada, and 10 % on Chinese goods, citing the need to curb illegal immigration and fentanyl flows. It quickly escalated to blanket 10 % tariffs on almost all imports and more punitive measures on specific sectors.
By March, steel and aluminium tariffs were raised to 25 %, and car imports were targeted with a further 25 % levy.
Chinese goods faced a peak combined tariff rate of 145 %, after a series of cumulative hikes. Apple Inc was warned of a 25 % tariff on devices made outside the U.S.
Although Trump paused some country-specific tariffs in April after global market turmoil, the baseline 10 % duty remained.
Limited truce deals followed—one with the UK in May and another with China that temporarily eased some duties for 90 days.
In July, Trump expanded the tariff front, announcing levies of up to 40 % on countries aligned with BRICS policies, and targeting Vietnam, Indonesia, and Canada.
A 15 % tariff agreement with Japan spared it from further penalties.
The most recent development came on 27 July, when Washington and Brussels agreed to a trade deal that applies a 15 % duty on most European Union imports.
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Central Asia’s population could reach 96 million by 2040, according to the head of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), highlighting both the region’s economic potential and the growing strain on infrastructure, trade routes and long-term development models.
A British national was among at least 19 people killed when a passenger bus plunged off a mountain highway into the Trishuli river in Nepal before dawn on Monday (23 February), authorities said. A New Zealander and a Chinese national were among those injured.
Against a backdrop of mounting environmental pressure across Central Asia, the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has announced that the Regional Ecological Summit (RES) 2026 will take place from 22–24 April in Astana.
Iran has signed a secret €500 million arms deal with Russia to rebuild air defences, weakened during last year’s war with Israel, the Financial Times has reported. The agreement, signed in December in Moscow, will see Russia deliver 500 Verba launch units and 2,500 9M336 missiles over three years.
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Divers have recovered the bodies of seven Chinese tourists and a Russian driver after their minibus broke through the ice of on Lake Baikal in Russia, authorities said.
Iran announced on Saturday (21 February) that it has designated the naval and air forces of European Union member states as “terrorist entities” in a reciprocal move after the EU blacklisted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Pakistan said it carried out cross-border strikes on militant targets inside Afghanistan after blaming a series of recent suicide bombings, including attacks during the holy month of Ramadan, on fighters it said were operating from Afghan territory.
Italy said a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how to stage such events.
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The European Parliament on Monday (23 February) postponed a vote on the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. after President Donald Trump imposed a blanket 15% import duty.
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