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After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at a risky moment for the U.S. and global economy. More than a month after House Republicans surprised Washington by advancing their framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to start working on their version. The 52-48 vote sets the stage for back-to-back Senate all-nighters spilling into Friday and the weekend. But work on the multitrillion-dollar package is coming as markets at home and abroad are on edge in the aftermath Trump's vast tariffs scheme, complicating an already difficult political and procedural undertaking. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., opened the chamber Thursday saying they were expected to begin as soon as today embarking on what they hope will become the GOP's signature domestic policy package. Trump says he's on board and Republicans, in control of Congress, are eager
United States President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs on American imports shocked governments and investors around the world, swiftly spurring both threats of retaliation and calls for negotiation as industries scrambled and global stocks tumbled. China accused the US of bullying and the European Union promised robust countermeasures, with French officials suggesting taxes to hit US tech giants. Yet the United Kingdom and Japan, among others, expressed hope for a deal with Trump and refrained from talk of retaliation against the world's biggest economy, fearing that slapping their own tariffs on American goods would only make things worse. Trump said Wednesday that the import taxes, ranging from 10 per cent to 49 per cent, would reverse unfair treatment by American trading partners and draw factories and jobs back home. Taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, he said. But it is not going to happen anymore. Trump imposed a 34 per cent levy on goods from China o