International - Financial Times - Credit Squeeze

The arbitrariness of the tariffs is a feature not a bug in the plan to short-circuit the financial establishment

Rate increase comes at a time when borrowers are already having to tighten their belts

Trump’s threats of annexation and tariffs hit the country’s largest international tourist market

Low rates on Ireland, high levies on Slovakia, Asian misery and the strange tale of St Pierre and Miquelon

President Donald Trump’s levies are here. How will they reshape the world?

Executive order would give video app’s Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect

Warning from Texas senator comes as president’s trade war sends US markets into a tailspin

Fed chief Jay Powell warns that Trump’s levies will slow US growth and increase inflation

Market for public listings had begun to show some signs of life but fallout from levies has forced groups to hold off

China’s retaliation against Washington’s levies adds to sense of gloom across global markets

When his back is to the wall, he is at his most dangerous

Banks ask clients to stump up additional money as global market sell-off knocks value of holdings

Washington’s two biggest trade partners still face a host of levies from their neighbour

The US president wants to unwind decades of economic integration. The risk of a 1930s-style global trade war is causing markets to panic

Country seeks improved trade deal with US after rate applied to British imports

Trump says Beijing ‘panicked’ and vows not to back down

Fed chair emphasises that ‘significantly larger than expected’ tariffs may lead to ‘more persistent’ inflation

The Fed Chair says he plans to serve out his term

Italy will effectively have casting vote on whether to support use of anti-coercion instrument to hit US services exports

Despite inflation concerns, slowing growth raises expectations of rate cuts