Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

China’s record trade surplus reveals its biggest strength – and hidden weakness

Booming Chinese exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal the extent of country’s reliance on foreign markets

Other lives: Leader of water supply and sanitation projects for the World Bank

Commission unveils €3bn strategy to de-risk and diversify supply chains for critical rare earth metals and elements

UK economy will grow faster than France, Germany and Italy but slower than US next year, report predicts

US officials to hold high-level talks in Brussels amid unhappiness in Washington at slow action on July deal

Dutch government’s move pauses dispute that threatened car production around the world

Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island

Experts say Brussels must stand up against Beijing using supplies of vital chips and minerals as ‘sword of Damocles’

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

Commerce department expected to add about 700 more items with steel content to levy list at request of US firms

Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation

Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free trade

Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffs

Vote passes 51-47 in latest bipartisan effort to challenge tariffs, but House is unlikely to take any similar action