Oil markets have had some of the steepest price rises ever recorded as conflict in the Middle East escalated over the last week. Although the world is slowly becoming greener, fossil fuels are still the lifeblood of every...
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Read MoreKeir Starmer held talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week and proclaimed Britain should have a more ‘sophisticated’ relationship with China. Pippa Crerar, who was with the prime minister on the trip, tells...
Read MoreChina agrees visa-free travel for British citizens as countries sign agreements on closer economic cooperationUK politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said the UK’s relationship with his...
Read MoreThe Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industryIt is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table...
Read MoreMinisters hope to secure a deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council that could add £1.6bn to the UK economyRachel Reeves will lead a delegation of senior business leaders to Saudi Arabia on Monday as she hopes to deepen the...
Read MoreBritain will ‘actively engage’ with US over possible 100% duties, with truck and cabinet makers also in firing lineDonald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs from next week on branded drugs, trucks and kitchen...
Read MoreKeir Starmer will have to choose how to spend limited political capital, with most pressing issues ones UK and US do not agree onDonald Trump has repeatedly described Keir Starmer as a “good man”, distancing himself...
Read MoreFormer science secretary promoted in reshuffle to continue UK efforts to revitalise trade relationship with Beijing The UK’s new business secretary, Peter Kyle, will fly to Beijing this week as part of Keir Starmer’s...
Read MoreFormer science and technology secretary promoted in reshuffle to continue UK efforts to revitalise trade relationship with ChinaThe UK’s new business secretary, Peter Kyle, will fly to Beijing this week as part of Keir...
Read MorePlea 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 that favours Chinese online...
Read MorePippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down in a special episode with peer Catherine Ashton to hear from the former EU commissioner and trade negotiator on what she makes of an increasingly unstable world. Find out what it’s...
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