Kristalina Georgieva says unpredictability of US trade policy is driving up borrowing costs around the world
America’s grip on global financial services could provide Trump with another source of leverage
Unusual diplomatic overture comes as Beijing braces for escalating tensions with new administration
Currency softens over weakness in world’s second-largest economy and fear of Trump tariffs
The new president is not the man to shore up the US ‘economic security state’
Donald Trump’s vow to rename Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’ is latest dig to neighbouring countries
Renminbi under pressure from stronger dollar and concerns about incoming US president’s trade plans
2025 is filled with questions and it’s just beginning
Tech giant and biggest EV battery maker say designation as Chinese military companies is a ‘mistake’
Eiji Hashimoto says legal action against blocking of takeover aimed at winning another review under new administration
US currency regains some of its losses after president-elect denies that campaign pledge will be watered down
Joe Biden blocking Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel is a sad end for an unloved idea
China is marshalling its forces for long-term competition against an America that it believes is divided and in decline
Maverick economist turned presidential adviser Peter Navarro has helped bring back a world in which power takes precedence over economic exchange. Will he prove his critics wrong?
Tom Barkin’s comments come just weeks before the president-elect takes office with a vow to raise tariffs
Washington’s leverage over countries in the region is waning as China’s influence grows
German conservative leader predicted to be next chancellor rejects retaliatory tariffs
Trump’s threat of higher duties on Chinese goods raises the stakes for a union proud of its free-trading instincts
Financial Times poll points to gloomy outlook with little upside potential for common currency area
The incoming Trump administration is set to dust down a weapon from a bygone era
In different ways, the US, Russia and China have all become revisionist powers that are seeking radical change to the status quo
Economists say a jolt from the south could shock the country out of its torpor
Companies fear political vacuum in Seoul will leave them vulnerable to tariffs and loss of subsidies
Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump
His policies would cement the US currency’s dominance while undercutting the institutional framework that is its bedrock
