Economy news

Follow @Economy_UKnws

• Japan secures priority tariff negotiations with Trump

  08-04-2025 06:47
  US ally and biggest foreign investor stunned by sweeping levies including on crucial automotive sector
  
  Read more

• What the turmoil in Asian currencies tells us

  10-05-2025 06:01
  The really big risks to the dollar remain US geopolitical and policy errors
  
  Read more

• ECB’s Schnabel says higher prices from tariffs could limit rate cuts

  10-05-2025 03:58
  
  Eurozone central banker warns splurge on defence spending and impact of tariffs risk feeding inflation
  
  Read more

• Trump signals openness to cutting China tariffs ahead of Geneva talks

  09-05-2025 20:11
  
  US president suggests reduction to 80% as Beijing announces increase in global exports
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The unanswered questions over Trump’s trade deal with Britain

  09-05-2025 20:01
  Pact lacks clarity in many crucial areas, say trade experts and industry bodies
  
  Read more

• Brace for disorder as the great power shifts begin

  09-05-2025 18:04
  With three or even four significant wars raging, who can doubt the dangers of this period?
  
  Read more

• Entrepreneurs left in limbo by UK-US trade deal

  09-05-2025 17:49
  Small businesses carrying out ‘damage control’ following Trump’s tariffs
  
  Read more

• German stocks hit record high as trade optimism buoys markets

  09-05-2025 17:01
  Dax index becomes first major European benchmark to recover all losses sparked by US tariff threats
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Trump says 80% tariff on China ‘seems right’ ahead of trade talks

  09-05-2025 15:39
  US president stakes out position as Treasury secretary heads to Geneva for negotiations
  
  Read more

• America’s past is prologue — even for Trump

  09-05-2025 15:00
  No president is immune to the tides of history
  
  Read more

• US-UK trade deal squeezes China supply chains

  09-05-2025 14:36
  Diplomats say pact’s provisions on strategic sectors is template for Washington
  
  Read more

• Diamonds to detergent: weary consumers brace for more price rises

  09-05-2025 14:20
  Donald Trump’s tariffs are catalysing price increases up and down the aisles. Will consumers swallow them?
  
  Read more

• UK-US trade deal still leaves Britain facing high tariffs, says BoE governor

  09-05-2025 12:27
  Andrew Bailey believes agreement is ‘good news’ but warns that uncertainty is clouding business decisions
  
  Read more

• US opens foreign investments ‘fast track’ days before Trump Gulf trip

  09-05-2025 11:09
  Gulf states estimated to manage 40% of world’s sovereign wealth
  
  Read more

• Win for UK cars will not cushion the probable blow to taxpayers

  09-05-2025 10:30
  Government’s haste in striking limited US deal risks missing out on better terms
  
  Read more

• How Berkshire has changed

  09-05-2025 07:30
  
  And Taiwan’s currency
  
  Read more

• FirstFT: US and UK seal first deal of Donald Trump’s trade war

  09-05-2025 06:54
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Trump proposes to raise income taxes on wealthy Americans, and UK law firms increase bonuses for juniors working long hours
  
  Read more

• FirstFT: Trump plans to tax America’s wealthiest

  09-05-2025 06:54
  Also in today’s newsletter, Musk is ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ says Gates and a profile of the first American pope
  
  Read more

• China’s He Lifeng: Xi’s ally leading trade talks with US

  09-05-2025 06:05
  
  Vice-premier with close links to leader seen as ‘more difficult interlocutor’ for Washington
  
  Read more

• Welcome to the new age of geoeconomics

  09-05-2025 06:00
  
  Tech, trade, finance and military policies are mingling in a manner not seen during the neoliberal era
  
  Read more

• The zero‑sum mindset is no mystery

  09-05-2025 06:00
  
  Stefanie Stantcheva’s economic survey of US citizens deserves the acclaim it has received
  
  Read more

• Canadian tourists snub US and head to Mexico

  09-05-2025 06:00
  
  Number of visits to southern trading partner rises amid disgruntlement over Donald Trump’s policies
  
  Read more

• China reports bumper April exports ahead of crucial trade talks with US

  09-05-2025 05:45
  
  Beijing reports a rise in shipments to south-east Asia and Europe
  
  Read more

• China exports jump 8% in April despite tariffs

  09-05-2025 05:45
  
  Data comes ahead of talks between Washington and Beijing to reduce tensions
  
  Read more

• US and UK seal first deal of Donald Trump’s trade war

  09-05-2025 02:53
  
  White House and Downing Street celebrate tariff cuts but critics warn of a thin agreement that could face legal challenge
  
  Read more

• FirstFT: India says Pakistani drone attacks ‘neutralised’ as conflict escalates

  08-05-2025 23:56
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Robert Prevost becomes first American pope, and US and UK seal trade deal
  
  Read more

• UK-US trade deal as it happened: Washington and London agree first pact of Trump’s trade wars; BoE cuts rates and warns of tariff hit to growth

  08-05-2025 22:30
  
  US president promises ‘breakthrough’ deal with UK will be first of many as he signals optimism on China talks
  
  Read more

• Trump and Merz agree to ‘quickly settle’ US-Germany trade disputes

  08-05-2025 22:30
  
  US president promises ‘breakthrough’ pact with UK will be first of many as he signals optimism on China talks
  
  Read more

• Cars, cows, crops: the winners and losers from Trump’s trade deal with Britain

  08-05-2025 20:48
  
  Experts warn pact still leaves UK facing higher tariffs on exports to the US than before president returned to office
  
  Read more

• British Airways owner to buy Boeing jets after US and UK agree trade deal

  08-05-2025 20:26
  US president promises ‘breakthrough’ pact will be first of many as he signals optimism on China talks
  
  Read more

Follow @Economy_UKnws on Twitter!