Who pays for these tariffs? Most economists reckon that ordinary Americans will lose out, as prices in shops rise. Mr Trump ...

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But the worst-case scenarios were so bad that Europe’s trade negotiators gave up on returning to anything close to those ...

Spain’s political fragmentation since the great recession means that Mr Sánchez has governed in a minority ever since he came ...

Four decades of dealmaking have turned LVMH into a luxury colossus. The group is made up of 75 independent maisons, from ...

Since last year many in the industry have been predicting that the big four American firms will become an even bigger two. Mr ...

Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, will formally present his country’s intention to recognise a Palestinian state ...

On the face of it, Uganda’s intervention in eastern Congo is less controversial than that of M 23 and Rwanda. The government ...

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Others with a stake in Ukraine’s security and relations with Russia must stay engaged too, argues the Nobel Peace Prize ...

In fact, the rest of the world should swallow its doubts and follow America. Stablecoins hold out the potential for ...

T he promise of South-East Asia has long been obvious to venture capitalists. Its young and growing population of 700m is ...