Recipe for inflation: how Brexit and Covid made tinned tomatoes a lot dearer

Combine the pandemic with rising raw material costs, stir in a labour shortage, a twist of Brexit, add a pinch of poor weather and voila …

UK and Australia to collaborate on cultural exchange season

Arts programme Who We Are Now will take place in both countries and aims to revise old assumptions

Move is key part of Liz Truss’s plan to pivot trade away from Europe after Brexit

Poor families cannot afford healthcare and schooling but good harvests offer some hope, World Bank finds

Optimistic forecasts about ‘bouncing back’ will only come true if new variants do not close borders and devastate trade again

UK and US agree to suspend retaliatory tariffs on goods also including cashmere and stilton

Combination of rise in demand for products as some countries reopen and lockdowns in some port cities mean prices could climb

Deal agreed during Joe Biden’s trip to Brussels as White House seeks to focus on threat posed by China

Analysis: No 10 hopes we’ll enjoy price reductions in supermarkets but estimated savings put at £1 per household

Labour says import quotas are so high they are meaningless and raises concerns about animal welfare

Key elements of the ‘historic’ post-Brexit deal signed by Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison

A summit crucial to the issue of climate change is instead mired in disentangling the mess of Britain’s exit from the EU

‘Premature austerity will threaten growth’ as world recovers from Covid-19, says climate economist

British producers describe move to remove protections as ‘hammer blow’ and ‘utter madness’

Growth of crypto-assets threatens financial stability and could increase risks faced by banks, they warn