A Cop26 deal was always going to be messy – just look at world trade talks

WTO talks show how hard it is to get everyone on the same page – and what goes for trade, goes for climate too

Tackling debt in poorest countries hit by ‘massive gaps in data’

World Bank says 40% of low-income countries failed to publish any figures in past two years

UK plc risks long-term stagnation and rising destitution, warns top thinktank

NIESR blames deepening malaise on economic mismanagement since 2008 amid criticism for BoE and Brexit

Suez Canal to raise fees, heaping pressure on global supply chains

With shipping industry still recovering from Ever Given crisis, transit tolls are increasing by 6%

Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net zero transition

$11tn fossil fuel asset crash could cause 2008-style financial crisis, warns new study

Global pollution price could cut greenhouse gases by 12%, says report

World Economic Forum says taxing carbon emitters would cost less than economic fallout from climate crisis

Retailers press for human rights and environmental checks on supply chains

Tesco, John Lewis and others say it would prevent scandals such as poor conditions at Boohoo suppliers

UK agrees to end tax on US tech giants when global deal takes effect

Deal means US will not retaliate against UK for imposing digital services tax, Treasury says

The next global economic emergency? Deepening debt in the developing world

Poorer nations were more fragile before Covid-19, had less scope to stimulate economies, and are on the wrong side of the vaccine divide

How Covid spread fear of globalisation and threatens a new world order

From China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the virus has accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky

Apple may cut iPhone 13 production by millions as US warns of Christmas shortages

Shares in Apple fall as global chip shortage and supply chain issues prompt White House to admit there could be empty shelves during festive season

Surprised that Ivanka Trump was almost head of the World Bank? You shouldn’t be

Donald Trump wanting his daughter to have the top job at the World Bank is no great surprise. What intrigues me is the thought of Steven Mnuchin blocking it, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Covid pandemic has pushed poor countries to record debt levels – World Bank

‘Tragic reversal’ has set back progress, president says, as he calls for a comprehensive plan

Donald Trump’s own treasury secretary blocked Ivanka World Bank role – report

Steven Mnuchin said to have stopped move likely to have upset world leaders, which ‘came incredibly close to happening’

Will October again be memorable for wrong reasons as economic risks build?

Bad things happen in this month and, as IMF prepares for annual meeting, signs of a crisis loom