Attack follows pressure from US president for the central bank to cut interest rates

Europe outdoes the US on the key metrics of a good 21st-century life

Meetings with Chinese vice-premier and DeepSeek founder come after US clamps down on chipmaker’s sales to China

Maker of Birkin bags reports slower growth than expected as sector braces for impact of trade war

Lawmakers say the Chinese AI group is a ‘profound threat’ to national security

First-in-queue negotiations closely watched for signs of US strategy

New markets could be opening up — even if they are 124 light years away

Donald Trump’s trade war is forcing investors to confront the possibility that the dominance of the US currency might fade — or even end

Tariff conflict arises out of the collision course between two very different political mindsets

Experts view sharp rises in share price and turnover of Unusual Machines and Dominari as ‘clearly unusual’

Swiss lender’s market capitalisation has been hit harder by US tariffs than Spanish rival

The assault on America’s most venerable university is at the centre of the White House’s culture war

Distant planet is covered with an ocean that may be teeming with microbial activity

‘RapidDestroyer’ uses a high-power radio frequency to fry systems at a distance

More companies are reducing ad budgets than increasing them, trade body finds

Plan would reduce stake of Abu Dhabi-based IMI to overcome objections of British government on grounds of foreign control

US central bank chair says ‘without price stability, we cannot achieve long periods of strong labour market conditions’

Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues

Maker of ‘teaspressos’ and ‘teapuccinos’ could be second-biggest Chinese listing in US in more than three years

US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn

Chipmaker leads declines as Wall Street sell-off reignites

Vehicle sales jump in March before implementation of steep levies

The Trump administration’s falsehoods over the war are doing profound damage to America’s global standing

Tokyo first in line for negotiations that will be closely watched as test case of Washington’s trade war strategy

Key to alliance’s anti-missile shield, Rota is among 38 bases across Europe at risk of a withdrawal by Washington

Jingye makes first comments after ministers seized control of struggling company

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says US-China trade conflict could ‘force countries to choose’ between the two

Unanimous decision by judges is a blow for transgender rights campaigners

State governor argues duties will lead to job losses and higher prices

Not since the crash of 2008 has free trade held the moral and intellectual high ground

Buyout executives say economic uncertainty unleashed by US tariffs has made pricing assets challenging

Upsized offering from energy group ends two-week high-yield bond drought triggered by Trump trade war

A range of policies, including tariffs, are leading foreign firms to question their dependence on US funding

Shares in industry’s leading equipment supplier fall as it warns of ‘dynamic’ environment

Accounting regulator’s probe will focus on audits for four financial years to 2018

African firms say they lost over a third of their business as global executives forced them to drop risky clients

Traders cement bets on at least three quarter-point interest rate cuts this year

Britons are skilled at navigating the humiliation unleashed by political and market chaos — allow us to give you some tips

My arrest in the government’s attempt to crush dissent shows how important the stability of my country is

Exporters frontload shipments to beat levies as US president says ‘ball’ is in Beijing’s court to start talks