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Russia’s waste operators borrow to keep the bins moving
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Russia faces a proposed tax squeeze as households brace for higher prices
A package of proposed tax rises, higher public-service charges and new levies could increase costs for Russian households and businesses. Russian consumers are facing the prospect of a broad increase in taxes,
Moscow’s car levy drives Russian manufacturers out of Kazakhstan
A retaliatory recycling charge has almost erased Russian passenger-car exports to a neighbouring market, exposing the cost of Moscow’s fiscal pressure on its Eurasian partners. Russian passenger-car deliveries to Kazakhstan have effectively
Russia delays utility rises until after elections as inflation risks mount
Russia has postponed a politically sensitive increase in household utility bills until after September’s parliamentary elections, while the central bank has halted interest-rate cuts and warned that inflation could reach 11–13% in
French energy workers strike over planned removal of preferential tariff
Electricity and gas workers across France went on strike on 15 September 2026 against the government’s attempt to review their preferential “agent tariff”, with the dispute threatening to deepen tensions in the
Senators call on Trump to reconsider threat against Bombardier sales in the U.S.
Two senators have urged President Donald Trump to rethink his threat to ban aircraft sales by Canadian manufacturer Bombardier in the United States, reports BritPanorama. Trump expressed his discontent with Bombardier in
Trump urges Canadian businesses to relocate to the U.S. amid escalating trade tensions
Trump escalates trade war with Canada Donald Trump sought to escalate his trade war with Canada by demanding that Canadian companies wishing to do business in the U.S. relocate their headquarters to
Canada imposes up to 50% tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods amid trade tensions
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Canada responds to U.S. trade tariffs with dollar-for-dollar matching measures
Canada retaliates against U.S. tariffs Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made good today on his promise to strike back at the United States by matching U.S. tariffs “dollar-for-dollar,” reports BritPanorama. This measure
First shipment of tariff-free scotch whisky to the US amid ongoing trade tensions with the EU
First shipment of tariff-free scotch whisky heads to the US The first shipment of tariff-free scotch whisky is set to arrive in the United States within the next 48 hours, following recent
Trump’s new tariffs impact trade with the UK amid concerns over forced labour
Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on 60 countries including the UK, replacing a 10 per cent global levy that was set to expire. The new tariffs stem from claims that these
Trump reinstates 10% import tariff on UK goods ahead of temporary levies’ expiration
Trump to impose new tariffs on British goods Donald Trump is set to impose a new 10 per cent import tariff on British goods and 59 other countries as existing time-limited levies
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