Brexit food control post at Portsmouth ‘may have to be demolished’, says port director
Exclusive: £25m hi-tech facility at terminal had been called ‘white elephant’ even before latest EU deal scrapping some health and veterinary checks
Reeves hopes hat-trick of deals shows Britain is open for business
Impact of agreements on food, energy and defence may not be huge but chancellor believes it will draw investors to UK
Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production
President rebukes tech firm after reports it will switch assembly of iPhones for US market from China to India
US reportedly plans to slash bank rules imposed to prevent 2008-style crash
Watchdogs could cut capital rules as Trump’s deregulation drive opens door to rollback of post-crisis protections
UK economy defies gloomy warnings to grow 0.7% in first quarter of year
GDP rise follows stronger levels of business investment as firms rushed to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs
China issues warning to UK over terms of US trade deal
UK accused of aligning with US in move that could compel firms to exclude Chinese products from supply chains
‘Greedflation’ fears rise as Bank official warns firms against price hikes
Bank of England’s Catherine Mann wary of ‘pricing power’, with companies looking to rebuild profit margins by hiking prices
Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef not crucial to UK trade deal, US suggests
US agriculture secretary says country is moving away from both methods of production, illegal in UK and EU
China cautiously welcomes pause in US tariff war
State media editorial says talks mark ‘step toward resolving differences’ but Xi again criticises US ‘bullying’
Trump claims ‘total reset’ of US-China ties as 90-day pause to trade war agreed
Markets rally after Washington and Beijing agree to drastically cut reciprocal tariffs as US treasury secretary says ‘neither side wants a decoupling’
Trump might claim China tariff victory – but this is Capitulation Day
The president’s retreat suggests he might negotiate elsewhere, but leaves corrosive uncertainty in its wake
Staff layoffs in UK gain pace amid Trump tariff turmoil and labour cost increases
Surveys show employer confidence at record low, prompting job cuts and hiring freeze
Trump will destroy world trade, but democracies can defend themselves – and each other
We need a trade block, a D7, that would mirror Nato. An economic attack on one would be an attack on all, says former Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen
British plane parts ‘exempted from Trump tariffs’ as US trade deal progresses
Boost to £40bn UK aerospace industry as Rolls-Royce engines and aircraft parts reportedly excused by US commerce secretary
‘Look forward, not back’: UK keen for closer trade ties with EU, says Starmer
Exclusive: PM says he has ambitious plans for partnership and argues Britons have moved on from Brexit