Day: April 22, 2025
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Trump Tries To Isolate China
Ahead of a global summit in London comes a warning that lessons on energy security have not been learned
US trade officials are preparing to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four south-east Asian countries, while the International Energy Agency has said lessons from the energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had not been fully learned.
The US commerce department has announced the new tariffs, targeting companies in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, after an investigation begun a year ago when American manufacturers of solar panels accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with subsidised, cheap goods.
Bridget Phillipson says definition of ‘woman’ provides clarity for spaces such as hospital wards and women’s refuges
The equalities minister has said she welcomes last week’s supreme court ruling on gender recognition, saying this was particularly important to provide clarity for spaces such as hospital wards and women’s refuges.
Bridget Phillipson, who holds the equalities brief alongside her job as education secretary, said she planned to update parliament on the repercussions of the ruling, and how public bodies and businesses may need to respond.