President Donald Trump’s tariffs have several consequences, many not yet clear. One that is already very evident, despite the ...

There is no reason why the rest of the world should not continue to have their economies reap the benefits of free trade, along the lines of existing free trade agreements such as Ceta (the EU-Canada ...

Investment advisers are still giving the conventional and usually correct advice as markets tumble: build your portfolio for the long term, dollar average, don’t sell in a downturn because you will ...

Stock markets of Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam deep in the red this year, despite rallying after reprieve on tariffs ...

China has built 600mn tonnes of annual excess steelmaking capacity. The Chinese steel industry is a geopolitical tool, which dumps that excess capacity on world markets at below cost prices. Unless ...

Mark Fitzgerald’s observations about disappearing FTs (Letters, April 5) are more apposite than he might realise. We live in a community adjacent to Richmond upon Thames bridge and have our beloved ...

As we peer into the morass of Trumpian economics, Patrick Jenkins shines a useful light into that corner of the market where it all went wrong last time — namely the US mortgage market (“America’s ...

Unpredictability of what’s to come is causing volatility. Volatility is now driving margin calls across the board, in equities, commodities, FX and more.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When China increased restrictions on exports of rare earths last Friday, escalating a trade war with the US, ...