China set to push high tech in 5-year plan as tensions with US intensify
Central Committee expected to highlight the importance of consumption in an economy threatened by deflation
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UK profit warnings rise as business blames trade tariffs and policy shifts
Shifting levies and taxes as well as regulation add to strains, with low consumer confidence also worrying many businesses
A run of significant political elections
Japan’s Diet could elect a new PM, UK’s Labour will pick a deputy leader and Ireland set to get a new president
Minister hints at VAT cut on household energy bills
Ed Miliband says the government must act to tackle the country’s ‘affordability crisis’ and outlines clean jobs package
America’s rare earth delusion
China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades
What will US inflation data show when it is finally released?
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
China’s innovation paradox
Industrial policy has delivered impressive technological gains without productivity growth
Bailey warns of long-lasting growth drag from Brexit
BoE governor was speaking as central bankers debate rising trade barriers including from Donald Trump’s policies
Europe slowly awakens to its entry into US-China wars
Dutch seizure of a Chinese-owned chipmaker show EU’s balancing act between Washington and Beijing under strain
Bessent to meet China’s vice-premier in bid to solve rare earths spat
Gathering next week is seen as progress after new rupture in trade relationship over critical minerals
US offers tariff relief for trucks imported from Mexico and Canada
Carve-outs are for heavy vehicles and their parts that are compliant with Donald Trump’s 2020 trade pact
UK closes in on drug pricing deal with White House
NHS likely to pay billions more for some medicines in exchange for lower tariffs on British pharma exports
America’s gravity-defying economy
The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed
China spy case has an aroma of appeasement
Delay and darkness suggest the UK government is scared of making decisions
Historic shipping climate agreement delayed after Trump attack
Eleventh hour derailment of the UN-backed emissions deal comes after US president labels it ‘green new scam’
Carmakers gear up for chip battle after China curbs Nexperia exports
Industry warns of disruption to European production following Beijing’s retaliation for Dutch government’s seizure
The kaleidoscopic global economy: resilient, lucky and fragile
The contradictions in economic signals can still hold lessons for investors
Could central banks ease too much?
Financial crises and their consequences may be harder to arrest today than in the past
FirstFT: Jitters over the health of US regional banks trigger stock market sell-off
Also in today’s newsletter, commander of US Southern Command to step down, and John Bolton charged
Europe is the biggest loser in US-China rare earth wars
Its dual dependence on America’s digital services and Beijing’s critical mineral processing industry leaves it highly vulnerable
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