What the UK and hauliers can expect from long-delayed Brexit controls

From 1 January checks and paperwork will finally begin and EU exporters face a rude awakening

UK steel industry braces for slump in trade as US reduces tariffs on EU

Tariffs remain on UK exports to US as European Union rivals gain a 25% price advantage from New Year’s Day

Analysis: issues of governance, rising debt, Covid and property market turmoil will delay Beijing’s quest to become the global economy’s No 1

From a new Covid variant to rampant inflation, the global economy faces some daunting risks in the new year

Soaring inflation, rising interest rates and further supply chain disruption will fuel volatility, economists say

Roosevelt built back better after the depression by taxing the rich, introducing capital controls and altering the balance between labour and capital

Migrant workers lived and slept in factories swarming with Covid, sealed off from outside world

Officials confident draft law will secure unanimity, despite concerns from Hungary and Estonia

As some bottlenecks ease others are just starting, meaning the post-pandemic economy ‘won’t return to normal any time soon’

Analysis: In purely economic terms the first post-Brexit trade deal negotiated from scratch will save each UK household £1 a year

Figures reveal impact of Brexit and pandemic, with £2.7bn fall blamed largely on 24% drop in sales to bloc

Shares plunge as firm warns ‘exceptionally high’ rate of customer returns amid higher dress sales is denting sales

Paul Volcker’s shock therapy hollowed out American manufacturing and permanently boosted both Beijing and Wall Street

Supply chain disruptions have left many UK households waiting months extra for deliveries of sofas and tables

Super-rich have grabbed an increasing share of the world’s income, economists’ study finds