European stocks were sharply lower on Monday as traders react to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to hike tariffs on a number of European countries.

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Jan 19, 2026 • 2 min

Auto giant shares tumble on Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland

Shares of some of Europe's biggest carmakers fell on Monday morning.

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Jan 19, 2026 • 5 min

Europe weighs using trade 'bazooka' against the U.S. as Greenland crisis deepens

European countries are reportedly considering retaliatory tariffs and wider economic counter-measures against the U.S.

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Jan 19, 2026 • 1 min

Will it be another plane weird UK inflation print?

Blame on current air fares

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Jan 19, 2026 • 1 min

Europe braces for the transatlantic relationship’s toughest week

Also in this newsletter: Candidate for ECB vice-presidency urges action against tariff ‘structural shock’

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Jan 19, 2026 • 3 min

China birthrate shrinks to lowest on record as policies fail to to lift births

China's birthrate fell to a record low last year, underscoring a deepening demographic crisis as Beijing struggled to reverse a shrinking and aging population.

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Jan 19, 2026 • 2 min

The World 2026

Trump’s shock and awe vision for a new era of US power; Martin Wolf on the dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism; scrutiny of multilateralism, defence spending, trade and AI; delving into WEF at...

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Jan 19, 2026 • 1 min