Could the US and Chinese economies really ‘decouple’?

The buzzword makes it sound as if disentangling the world’s two largest economies were simple, says academic Isabella Weber

No-deal Brexit means food price rises, warns Morrisons

Storage issues could hit cost of fruit and veg as supermarket chain’s profits plunge

Campaigners start legal challenge to UK’s $1bn grant to Mozambique gas project

Friends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitments

Boris Johnson is not hiring Tony Abbott for his trade expertise

The ex-Australian PM is a political evangelist for free trade who has got three big trade deals over the line

Wanted: thick-skinned maverick to head up World Trade Organization

As Roberto Azevêdo steps down early, eight candidates step up for poisoned chalice of being WTO director general

Poorest countries face lost decade due to Covid-19, says IMF

Economists call for urgent help to prevent progress in poverty reduction being wiped out

World Bank: Covid-19 pushes poorer nations ‘from recession to depression’

The president, David Malpass, says a more ambitious debt relief plan is needed

Debt in developing countries has doubled in less than a decade

Jubilee Debt Campaign reveals sharp rise in number of countries in distress since 2018

China retail sales fall fuels concern for global recovery from Covid-19

Retail sales dropped 1.1% in July while industrial production remains subdued

Scotch whisky makers rail against UK government inaction over US tariffs

Industry says UK is prioritising post-Brexit trade talks with Washington rather than fight 25% tariffs

UK to plunge into deepest slump on record with worst GDP drop of G7

Official measure to be declared this week as coronavirus lockdown shrinks GDP by 21% in second quarter

Saudi Aramco to keep $75bn dividend despite dive in profits

Shareholder payout to stay despite 73% fall in quarterly profits due to impact of Covid-19

US economy added 1.8m jobs in July, beating expectations – as it happened

Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors look ahead to US non-farm payrolls

Think ‘sanctions’ will trouble China? Then you’re stuck in the politics of the past

The complex history of how China and the US once embraced each other should inform how the current showdown is tackled, says artist and activist Ai Weiwei

Shell reports $18bn loss as global oil and gas prices collapse

Energy giant hit by massive change in fortunes as Covid-19 crisis forces writedown in asset values