Global economic growth is set to be slower this year largely because of Donald Trump's US tariffs, according to a leading international policy group.
Worldwide growth is now expected to slow to 2.9%, down from a previous forecast of 3.1%, said the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
It blamed a "significant" rise in trade barriers for the downgrade and warned that "weakened economic prospects will be felt around the world, with almost no exception".
Since the US president returned to the White House, a long list of countries have been targeted by tariffs, but Trump's unpredictable approach to implementing the measures has created widespread uncertainty.
"We are forecasting basically a downgrade for almost everybody," Alvaro Pereira, the OECD's chief economist told the BBC.
"We'll have a lot less growth and job creation than we had forecasted in the past."
The OECD also lowered its outlook for US economic growth this year, from 2.2% to 1.6%, before slowing again in 2026.
It warned that the US was at risk from rising inflation, something that Trump repeatedly promised would fall during his presidential campaign.
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