Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Signs of a possible thaw in trade tensions helped drive global markets higher on Friday after Beijing said it was “evaluating” recent overtures from Washington on starting trade talks. China’s commerce ministry said the US had … Read more
When US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on virtually the entire globe on April 2nd, many observers felt that they were witnessing a historic event—the “end of globalization as we know it”, the starting shot to an economic calamity on the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic or, as the prime minister … Read more
Scott Kennedy is a senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. He has visited China on numerous occasions over the past 37 years and written extensively on the country, particularly regarding its economic policy and relations with the United States. This … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese trade negotiators trying to spare their country from Donald Trump’s tariffs are preparing to do battle over an issue where neither side can easily back down: a car safety test that does not exist. … Read more
By M. Marin NASDAQ:NVX READ THE FULL NVX RESEARCH REPORT ‘Synergistic’ operating units complement one another as company advances strategy Technology company Novonix (NASDAQ:NVX) is developing a local battery materials supply chain for North America. Tariffs and international trade prospects shine a light, we believe, on the need for an onshore supply chain to support … Read more