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Africa’s most populous country among former crisis-hit economies attracting foreign inflows

Hint at summit comes amid escalating trade conflict between Washington and Beijing

Britain’s digital services tax set to remain point of dispute at Washington meeting

New Canadian prime minister cites Nato’s mutual defence doctrine during visit to London

Opposition blames government’s renewables policy for higher energy prices

Investigation likely to recommend higher levies to protect European industry

Tariffs alone will not achieve the goal of revitalising domestic semiconductor manufacturing

Tariffs, market volatility and political uncertainty threaten to undermine key driver of growth in world’s largest economy

A shoot from the hip approach is unlikely to rebuild US industry

Canada has shown it’s possible to face down threats from Washington

The US president and his followers are entering new and dangerous territory

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine talks and Netanyahu plans to sack Shin Bet chief

Downgrade comes ahead of Spring Statement, when official forecasts are expected to show much weaker GDP outlook

Forecasts downgraded for a dozen G20 economies and alarm sounded on ‘ratcheting up’ of trade barriers

Gallup poll highlights that confidence in the apparatus of government has fallen dramatically

FMC chair says ‘fight fire with fire’ by taxing Chinese-built vessels docking in US to create domestic champions

US central bank risks relying too much on backward-looking data, economists warn

Management decision-making has become automated and inscrutable

OECD updates growth forecasts, a clutch of central banks set interest rates and the IOC picks a new Olympics president

Capitalising on the G7 nation’s vast geography could spark an economic boom