US, EU and UK stock markets hit by global trade war fears as JPMorgan says Trump administration may be ‘business unfriendly’ – as it happened

European markets fall as Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’, but stocks recover after Mexican tariffs delayed by a month

Asian stock markets tumble in response to Trump tariffs

European futures also down more than 3% after Trump indicates tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ in EU countries

Trump tariffs: markets brace for falls as Mexico and Canada hit back

Fears grow for global trade, with major indices likely to plunge as US trading partners quickly retaliate, raising chance China and EU will follow suit

How Donald Trump’s trade tariffs could affect the UK

From rising gilt yields to higher inflation, the UK may suffer indirectly from US tariffs

Trump’s tariffs could have grim knock-on effects for UK’s economy

British policymakers watch nervously, fearing a weaker pound and inflation even if US tariffs are not applied directly

Pressure rises on Bank of England and the Fed as the interest rate debate gets political

The UK is likely to make a cut this week; Trump has made it very clear he wants his central bank to follow suit

Does Labour really think Trump is a better bet than the EU?

Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solution…

Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded

The chancellor’s apparent volte-face in backing a third runway has left many in her party disillusioned and led them to label it as an act of desperation

Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: will they spark a trade war?

As the US president imposes import taxes on three key trading partners, we examine potential repercussions

‘People wanted change’: Scranton felt the pinch – but are Trump tariffs the answer?

Voters in Biden’s home town turned to Trump to lower prices, but some are wary of the president’s economic plans

The Guardian view on AI and copyright law: big tech must pay

Editorial: Elton John, Paul McCartney and thousands of other artists have called for protection from data crawling. The government must listen

Give Rachel Reeves’s plan for UK growth a chance

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool investment, blaming UK government funding cuts – as it happened

Pharmaceutical company says that it will not go ahead with investment at Speke, near Liverpool

Stats chief to face MPs amid concerns UK economic data is ‘virtually unusable’

Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widened