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Mexico reaches deal with US in water dispute
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Why the US will lose against China
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The UK’s inflation figures were wrong and now we just have to live with that
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US goods trade gap hits record high as Trump tariffs prompt import surge
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Donald Trump’s first 100 days mark worst for US stock market since Gerald Ford
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Mark Carney: democracy’s unTrump
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Kevin Warsh delivers Fed a blast of cold heir
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GM pauses share buybacks over Trump tariff uncertainty
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AstraZeneca ‘committed’ to US manufacturing as profits rise
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China steps up propaganda campaign against US trade war
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Nevada lithium miner confident of finding new investor despite weak prices
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There’s still ‘A Better Way’ (than tariffs)
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Has sentiment bottomed out?
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‘Core’ GDP is the signal among all the noise
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Chinese carmakers reset European ambitions as EU tariffs bite
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UK food inflation hit 11-month high in April, industry data shows
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China says it can do without US farm and energy imports
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The elusive Ukraine peace deal
Canadians will head to the polls Monday to pick a prime minister, and a new US proposal to end the…
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In tough times, good policy becomes even more important
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The rise of the panicans
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Canadian and Australian voters are rewarding defiance of Trump’s tariffs
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China’s clean tech exports to emerging markets surged in 2024, data shows
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China stockpiles oil as Trump tariff shock hits crude prices
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UK-EU May summit could lay ground for review of post-Brexit deal, says German ambassador
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The US economy: suspended animation
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China says it can live without US farm and energy goods
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Could EU methane emission rules hamper a gas deal with Trump?
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Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China
Shifting production to the US would therefore require years if not decades of coordinated investment in automation, tools, infrastructure and…
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Beijing’s seizure of disputed South China Sea reef revives tensions with the Philippines
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Demand slump fuelled by Trump tariffs hits US ports and air freight
Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing is starting to affect the wider US economy as container port operators and air…
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Trump’s first 100 days coincides with rightwing failures abroad
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Will turmoil from Trump’s tariffs hit US jobs numbers?
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The S&P 500 is still significantly overpriced
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LNG companies say they cannot comply with Trump rules on Chinese ships
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Swiss franc surge sparks bets on return to negative interest rates
The Swiss franc has soared to a decade high against the dollar as investors rush for shelter from the global…
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Europe’s far right at odds over Trump tariffs
The havoc unleashed by Donald Trump’s trade war has divided Europe’s far-right parties that have courted his Maga movement. Alice…
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America’s British retro car lovers face heftier price tag from Donald Trump’s tariffs
Over half a century after the summer of 1973 when he bought his first British retro sports car at the…
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Foreign companies in China face double hit from trade war
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US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993
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Donald Trump’s first 100 days
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has brought with it market chaos, trade wars and economic anxiety.…
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UK entrepreneurs sound alarm over tariffs hit to small businesses
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Boeing’s return flight highlights America Inc’s exposure to China
For the past seven years, Zhoushan airport near Shanghai has been the delivery point and completion centre for new Boeing…
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Trump’s gripe over car ‘bowling-ball test’ dents Japan’s trade hopes
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Contender to succeed Jay Powell blames Fed for ‘systematic errors’
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Donald Trump’s chaos has left investors with frayed nerves
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Brussels rebuffs UK bid to prise open access to EU single market
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Reeves and Bessent can see ‘landing zone’ for a UK-US trade deal, say British officials
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How the US trade war is infecting the global economy
Sitting in a bland conference hall in Washington on Wednesday evening, Scott Bessent presented an unabashed defence of America’s trade…
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Donald Trump claims to have received call from Xi Jinping and to have cut ‘200 deals’ on trade
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Rachel Reeves says Britain’s trade ties with EU ‘even more important’ than US
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