Trade ties
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14 Aug
China and Russia meet for security talks / Second tell-all Trump book released / The state of the labour market
Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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6 Aug
US to re-impose sanctions on Iran / UK runs out of home-grown produce / Softbank releases Q1 results
Good morning, here’s your Monday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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2 Aug
Raab and Loiseau prep for May and Macron / Conservatives convene in Texas / Siemens announces Q3 results
Good morning, here’s your Thursday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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24 Jul
BRICS band together against Trump / UK gets tough on foreign takeovers / FIFA announce best in football
Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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20 Jul
Iran trade sanctions: What US restrictions will mean for the Islamic Republic
Iran is facing up to a future much like its recent past, but the new trade restrictions imposed by the US may not prove as effective this time around In early August, a fresh round of US sanctions is due to be placed on Tehran, marking the imposition of what Washington hopes will be an
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17 Jul
Significant economic downturn among effects of a trade war, warns IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has joined the growing number of organisations warning that a significant economic downturn could be among the effects of a trade war.
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17 Jul
EU to sign its “biggest ever” trade deal / Amazon workers walk out / Obama to lecture South Africa on inequality
Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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13 Jul
Trump “likely” to pressure UK to change pharmaceutical regulations
US President Donald Trump is “likely” to pressure the UK to change its pharmaceutical regulations as part of post-Brexit trade negotiations, according to an op-ed published in leading medical journal The Lancet.
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13 Jul
Protectionism could cause long-term living standards to fall, warns OECD
A rise in protectionism and trade wars could have a negative long-term impact on global living standards, according to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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10 Jul
Theresa May’s new-look cabinet meet / France and Belgium fight to reach final / Trump travels to Brussels to begin European tour
Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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5 Jul
Hard Brexit would damage German economy, IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a hard Brexit would damage the German economy.
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3 Jul
British Sugar cannabis meets the world’s medical marijuana needs — but what about the UK?
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy.
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2 Jul
Tata and Thyssenkrupp talk to press / Wimbledon gets underway / US to “reaffirm friendship” with Rutte
Good morning, here’s your Monday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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25 Jun
Diversify investments ahead of trade war, warns deVere CEO
Investors need to avoid complacency and diversify investments if they want to avoid being stung by the rapidly advancing trade war, Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, a leading independent international financial consultancy, has warned.
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22 Jun
The full list of items impacted by the EU tariffs on US imports
Today the EU’s retaliatory trade tariffs against the US go into force.
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19 Jun
Latest investment in JD.com marks Google’s stealthy return to China
US tech giant Google has said it plans to invest $550m into China’s second largest e-commerce retailer JD.com.
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22 May
The EU appears to be resigned to a US steel tariff reality
The US will decide at the end of May whether Europe’s current exclusion from steel tariffs will be extended — and it doesn’t look likely.
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18 May
The Italian Government coalition is coming into focus — and markets don’t like what they see
Italy’s populist parties are on the verge of signing a government deal.
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17 May
Oil price: Brent crude hits $80 a barrel on Iran deal collapse fears
Oil prices continue to climb, with Brent hitting $80 a barrel earlier today.
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16 May
The German budget debate: Merkel justifies increasing defence spending
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is discussing the first draft of the 2018 budget in front of lawmakers in the German parliament (Bundestag) today.
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10 May
The global weapons trade is booming due to wars in Syria and Yemen
With the Middle East mired in conflict, the global weapons trade is booming, sending sales for 2013-17 up 10% from the previous four years.
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9 May
Iran nuclear deal: The winners and losers from Trump’s decision to pull the US out
Gulf powers and Israel have welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal last night.
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8 May
What we learnt from Boris Johnson’s US trip
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has turned up the pressure on president Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear deal amid his arrival for talks in Washington.
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1 May
Trade war: Trump’s team are heading to China for trade talks
US President Donald Trump’s team are off to China this week to discuss the simmering trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
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1 May
This is the proof Israel claims to have of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to prove that Iran covertly purchased nuclear weapons and that “Iran lied.
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1 May
Here’s how Trump’s tariffs will hit EU steel and aluminium producers
US President Donald Trump has given the European Union (EU), Canada, Mexico and other allies a 30-day reprieve from new steel and aluminium tariffs, delaying the controversial measures just days before a high-level delegation heads to China for trade discussions.
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30 Apr
Children of the revolution: Cuba transitions to a new generation of leaders
Earlier this month — on what happened to be the anniversary of the 1961 attempted Bay of Pigs invasion by the US CIA — Cuba’s National Assembly selected Miguel Díaz-Canel as the country’s new president.
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27 Apr
Trade anxieties flare up between the EU and the US as Merkel goes to Washington
A looming trade war between the EU and the US will be at the centre of talks when German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Washington today for her second meeting with US President Trump at the Oval office.
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23 Apr
EU budget set to be shaken up in post-Brexit plan
The EU is considering a massive budgetary overhaul that will see tens of billions of euros in funding redirected from Central and Eastern Europe to countries still struggling after the financial crisis such as Spain and Greece.
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23 Apr
China trade with North Korea slumps ahead of historic international talks
China’s trade with North Korea fell 60% in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period last year, falling to $483 million, customs data has today revealed.