Economy

The US is preparing regulations that would severely limit China’s ability to invest in US firms making “industrially significant technology.” The move marks yet another escalation in the bilateral trade conflict. The US Treasury is drafting...

Business confidence among German managers dipped again in June, a forward-looking monthly barometer by the ifo think tank has shown. Current trade conflicts are not the only headache for executives. German business confidence deteriorated in June,...

  Saudi Arabia has started to issue driver’s licenses to women again. On Sunday, the first female drivers were able to get behind the wheel. But how much will the Saudi economy benefit from their new...

China’s central bank has said it will further reduce the reserve requirement ratio for the majority of lenders in the country. The move is intended to ensure enough funding for firms amid growing trade tensions. China’s...

Sir Philip Green, whose role in the demise of BHS was characterised by parliamentarians as the “unacceptable face of capitalism”, came much closer than previously thought to acquiring Marks & Spencer in 2004, a book on the controversial...

Britain’s energy minister will have to explain to MPs why no decision has been made on whether to support a tidal lagoon in Swansea – nearly 18 months after an independent government review backed the plan. Claire...

An escalation of protectionist measures could spark a fresh downturn just as the global economy is picking itself up after the last one, the international body that represents the world’s central banks has warned. The Bank...

The Bank of England will be allowed to provide more than £500bn in lending to the economy without seeking the Treasury’s permission, in a move that reinforces the strength of the UK financial system as Britain...

Airbus has confirmed it is considering cutting thousands of jobs in the UK as it starts to “press the button on crisis actions” over concerns about Brexit. The company said it could ditch plans to build aircraft...

The world’s major oil-producing countries are under pressure from the US, China and Russia to pump more crude and bring down oil prices. But Opec’s crunch meeting in Vienna on Friday finds the oil cartel divided after nearly...