
China reports record trillion-dollar trade surplus despite Trump tariffs
Results for 2025 risk further unsettling economies about China’s trade practices and overcapacity, and their own over-reliance on Chinese products
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Results for 2025 risk further unsettling economies about China’s trade practices and overcapacity, and their own over-reliance on Chinese products

Ontario premier says he plans to run ad featuring speech that sparked Trump’s ire again during World Series but campaign will end MondayAfter the US suspended all trade negotiations with

US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the po...

Plea about ‘de minimis’ rule, which has underpinned the rise of the online specialists Shein and TemuRachel Reeves must intervene to assist British retailers by ending an imports tax break t...

Exclusive: The Guardian has been told that discussions about increases include a near-certain gambling levyThe chancellor and prime minister will begin to pitch-roll tax rises and reforms fr...

Policymakers cut base rate by quarter-point to 4% amid concern about strength of UK economy

The rate setters made clear that above-inflation pay claims would be likely to bring credit loosening to a halt

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research says government’s spending gap is on course to reach more than £40bnKeir Starmer’s new ethics watchdog has criticised ministers for fai...

NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap Rachel Reeves will ...

Ex-PM’s criticism follows Tory leader’s article comparing Labour policy to Truss’s disastrous mini-budgetThe Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, is not telling the truth about the “

City predicts quarter-point drop to 4% when MPC meets on ThursdayBank of England policymakers are widely expected to cut interest rates this week to prevent the economy sliding backwards ami...