Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows

Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

Large majority of Europeans support retaliatory tariffs against US, poll finds

Survey shows between 56% and 79% across seven countries in favour if Trump introduces ‘Liberation Day’ levies

Will Trump’s ‘liberation day’ be the start of a trade war – or another climbdown?

After myriad false starts and much fluctuation, the lingering question is not how far Trump can take his trade wars, but how far he will

Ministers brace for more Trump tariffs as UK races to agree US trade deal

Government fears hit from new US trade barriers but remains hopeful of progress in ongoing negotiations

From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade

Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling

Who is running Britain’s economy – Rachel Reeves or Donald Trump?

The chancellor’s careful calculations for her spring statement are likely to be blown out of the water by a looming US trade war

‘Down to the wire’: inside the UK’s crunch talks with the US as it bids to avoid Trump tariffs

Ministers seek carve-out from import taxes before 2 April deadline – but critics believe they may have offered too many concessions

China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries

End of an era for Canada-US ties, says Carney, as allies worldwide decry Trump’s car tariffs

Canadian PM says Donald Trump has permanently altered relations, as countries around the globe insist import taxes are harmful to all, including Washington

Globalisation may have run its course in current form, says HSBC chair

Trade tensions in era of Trump tariffs create serious potential risk to global growth, warns Sir Mark Tucker

Trump’s EU tariffs threat could cost 80,000 jobs in Ireland, Dublin warns

Irish government also hits back at accusations by US that country is operating a ‘tax scam’

Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms

Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cut

After America: can Europe learn to go it alone without the US?

In Germany, tariff-hit car factories are being repurposed for defence. In Britain, American academics are queueing up for jobs. The west will be different as a result of Trump – but will it be worse?

Government debt costs in richest nations at highest since 2007

Payments by OECD countries outstrip amount spent on defence, police services and housing, report finds

Is Trump driving the US into a recession? – in charts

Warning lights are flashing on a dashboard of economic indicators as analysts grow alarmed about a ‘Trumpcession’