China’s share of global electric car market rises to 76% Market share increases after strong demand within country offsets risks from western tariffs on Chinese-made EVs
Trump threat of 100% tariffs against Brics nations raises trade war fears US president-elect threatens retaliation if emerging economies create new currency to rival US dollar
Welcome to Trump’s trade war – where no one wins because everyone just pays more for things Tariffs raise prices much like the GST – and like the GST it hurts people on low and middle incomes the most
Trump’s talk of tariffs raises fears of hit to economies worldwide Tariffs on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods threaten not just those nations but global economic growth
Ireland prices corporation tax loss from Trump policies at €10bn Figure costed for three multinationals repatriating to US after nomination for commerce secretary hits out at Ireland’s tax regime
Trump tariff on China could lower global inflation, says UK economist Bank of England’s Swati Dhingra says threatened 60% tariff could lead exporters to cut prices elsewhere
Multilateralism faces a toxic brew of debt, climate crisis and war. It’s time for a reboot The stakes are high for donors at next month’s IDA summit in Seoul, but not investing in development means more instability globally
Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh
Trump tariffs are coming, but some Chinese companies may already know how to avoid them Some experts liken tariffs to a game of whack-a-mole, with trade flows simply rerouted if the potential rewards are big enough
Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growth
Shrinking GDP forecast adds to German woes after coalition collapse European Commission figures predict German economy, usually the engine of the EU, will contract O.1% this year
UK can strike Trump trade deal and rebuild EU relations, says top economist Keir Starmer can show UK is ‘open for business’, says former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane
Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India
From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan
Trump’s world order: election win brings fears of a combustible US foreign policy President-elect wants to end the wars in Ukraine and Middle East to focus on China. How he will try to get there is unclear