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US president’s tariff threats have helped bullion to string of record highs

Experts warn tariffs and stubbornly high interest rates could worsen debt distress in 2025

Beijing hosts tech tycoons as authorities seek to reinvigorate economy

World business and commerce are changing in ways that have nothing to do with the US president’s tariff threats

If OBR revises expectations chancellor Rachel Reeves faces ‘£7bn-£8bn hole’ in public finances

Debtholders committee says government finances boosted by jump in coffee and gold exports

Growth buoyed by stronger corporate spending despite onset of interest rate rises

Hamas-Israel conflict reaches 500th day, and far-right AfD set to poll strongly in election for Europe’s largest economy

Washington can no longer afford to stand idle

Business secretary says Britain would revive import taxes from Trump’s first term

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Technology strains our brain health, capacity and skills

Heavy cuts to USAID have left the future of global development and health institutions in the balance

Brussels wants to block farm products containing prohibited pesticides

Tokyo aims to disrupt Beijing’s dominance of renewables and reduce fossil fuel dependence

Groups such as Apple contractor Foxconn hit by efforts to stop knowhow and equipment leaving country

Concern has grown at Beijing’s potential hold on strategic assets

Optimism at the prospect of tax cuts and lighter regulation has given way to anxiety over trade policies

This is a world in which no one can ‘price’ peace any more

The Chinese ecommerce group has taken various measures to protect its global business