Starmer’s fraught visit to China will tell us what he really thinks of the UK’s place in the world

Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations, asks professor of global history Peter Frankopan

Here’s how Europe can file for divorce from Donald Trump

Amid the tumult of the WEF in Davos this week, some investors are leading the way by ditching US government bonds

Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’

Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances

As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?

Nato chief urges ‘thoughtful diplomacy’ after US treasury secretary’s jibe at Denmark

Trump expected to face tough reception from European leaders in Davos over threat to seize Greenland

Archive: Davos – hot air in a cold climate

The first World Economic Forum meeting was held in January 1971. See how the gathering of world leaders has been reported over the years

Wall Street sees worst day since October after Trump tariff threats

Sell-off hits US stocks in first trading day since president threatened tariffs against eight countries

Nervous rex: the Davos elite brace for Trump and his dinosaur diplomacy

Leaders of EU, France and Canada stake out positions on Greenland ahead of US president’s speech to World Economic Forum

Donald Trump trashed global economic orthodoxy. A year on, did he leave Australia a winner or loser?

While tariffs have been ‘all show and no substance’, economists fear an AI investment bubble and tensions in the South China Sea, along with Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence

Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump’s Greenland tariffs

US treasury secretary says at WEF in Davos that countries and companies should pause and ‘let things play out’

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