Markets stay calm amid Trump’s gambit, but long-term risks are huge

Traders have learned to live with the US president’s rhetoric, but the EU’s measures could go beyond tariffs and into capital markets

Markets fall and gold and silver hit new highs after Trump’s latest tariff threat

European carmakers among hardest hit with US president’s talk of Greenland-linked trade levies also pushing down the dollar

In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all

Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns

Trump tariff threats risk triggering ‘spiral of escalation’ in world economy, says IMF

Fund warns rising geopolitical tensions could have ‘material impact’ on global growth and investment

China’s economy hit growth target last year despite Trump trade war and property crisis

Economy weathered a fraught geopolitical landscape to reach 5% goal but domestic structural challenges ‘not going away’, say experts

‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam

Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says

World stock markets brace for turbulence after Trump’s latest tariff shock

Losses on stocks likely with precious metals forecast to spike even higher after move to impose 25% levies on European allies

Trump tariff threats are bad, but the uncertainty they instil is much worse

The spectre of rising inflation, slowing global trade and jittery markets has re-emerged as US economic policy divorces itself from any logic

Davos 2026: the last-chance saloon to save the old world order?

Donald Trump will lead the largest US delegation ever at the World Economic Forum, as others plan a fightback against his policies including his latest tariff threats

China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US government cleared for export – report

Parts suppliers ‘put production on hold’ amid mounting confusion as China restricts purchase of the chips and US puts 25% roundabout tariff on their sale

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Canada PM hails strategic partnership with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’

Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US

Economic conflicts are world’s greatest risk, WEF survey suggests

Extreme weather events and biodiversity loss identified as the biggest global threats over a longer timeframe

Quarter of developing countries poorer than in 2019, World Bank finds

Global growth ‘downshifted’ since Covid pandemic and sub-Saharan Africa particularly affected, report says

Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals

Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech products