Kevin Parry is one of the first senior UK bankers to engage with Nigel Farage’s rightwing populist party

A hatred of interference in national affairs disappears when American conservatives are doing it

Some capitals remain wary over ‘reparation loans’ plan, as US calls on G7 to tap Moscow’s money immobilised abroad

SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors

Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence and compete with US

Big Four firm forced to take ‘tough decision to reduce roles in some areas’ amid slowdown following pandemic-era boom

US president treated to pomp and ceremony at royal residence

Plus France’s woes

Maziar Mike Doustdar has an onerous in-tray to stop the company falling behind in the lucrative US obesity market

Figure strengthens case for Bank of England to leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday

Sharp increase in hedging comes amid broad rethink on exposure to greenback

Resignation of Jerry Greenfield after 47 years follows long-running dispute between US ice cream brand and UK parent

These disclosures are no passing regulatory fad but a bedrock of US markets

Tougher stance on country of origin rules and scrapping of de minimis exemption drives up price in the US

Fiscal systems designed around income and consumption struggle to capture wealth, and billionaires are highly mobile

Disclosures come as president arrives in UK during furore over Lord Peter Mandelson’s ties to paedophile

Eli Lilly, Merck and AstraZeneca have all said in recent weeks that they plan to roll back investment

Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and OpenAI among the companies to make commitments to invest in Britain

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

Prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty

Britain does not need a rerun of the carousel of prime ministers of the Tory years

Early departure of Paul Bulcke follows scrutiny over his handling of probe into Laurent Freixe’s affair

Investments would finance projects to extract materials crucial for defence and high-tech manufacturing

Foreign secretary admits Labour peer was cleared as envoy without the involvement of her department