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The international community must support a reform-driven government now or risk a far more destabilised reality

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

The US president’s actions have inadvertently raised the appeal of renewable energy

Sector faces rising prices for supplies from aluminium to plastics and paint

Fund urges countries to target support at the most vulnerable rather than using expensive blanket measures

The closure of Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine is the beginning of the end for a lifeline of the remote Northwest Territories

The veteran senator is one of the most hawkish Republicans with influence over the US president

The US central bank is at a pivotal moment in its history

Conflict has crushed Gulf markets and pushed up air freight and shipping costs

Europe must finally grasp the opportunity to develop the single currency as a reserve asset

Even amid a supply shock, tech stocks continue to drive indices higher. Is the optimism justified?

If this is pursued with the same energy as industrial policy, it will upend the agricultural economy

Petrol and diesel prices are rising more swiftly in America than other major economies including the UK and Canada

Levies on cars and trucks exported to US will be imposed ‘next week’ unless companies manufacture at American plants

The UAE wants a swap line. The US wants to give it. Why?

Britain has been pushed into an unusual trade deficit with its largest trading partner

Unexpected increase in April supported by relative strength in household finances

Plus central bank hold ’em

Also in today’s newsletter: Israel supplies UAE with laser systems and the quest for Earth 2.0

Incentives to replace ageing equipment set to help compensate for still-sluggish property sector