Gordon Brown accuses Trump of ‘weaponising’ global trade system
Former PM says governments should team up to create ‘global rescue plan’ that counters US president’s tariffs
Network Rail has stockpiled a year’s worth of rails in case of British Steel disruption
Reserves would give six months to find alternative supply if Scunthorpe blast furnaces are switched off
UK and G7 allies look at lowering ‘meaningless’ cap on Russian oil exports
Limit of $100 a barrel said to be ineffective with the price of crude having crashed in response to Trump’s trade war
How rich is Gina Rinehart, and how much will she earn in the time it takes to read this article?
Australia’s wealthiest person rakes in billions from her iron ore mines. We look at how she makes her money – and how she spends it
Business secretary refuses to say whether there are enough supplies to keep British Steel furnaces running – as it happened
Jonathan Reynolds says allowing British Steel to collapse would have cost £1bn as public ownership looks increasingly likely
Terrible timing and huge uncertainty: how ports and shipping are handling tariff turmoil
As they reel from Trump’s policies, companies say volatile freight costs and congestion are now the norm
Labour has done right by British Steel – now it must speed up a radical strategy for all industry
Taking control of the ailing company wasn’t an easy decision, but it makes sense. Hopefully the nationalisation phobia is passing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Worried about your stock market savings as Trump tariffs wreak havoc? Don’t panic
Despite the turmoil it helps to put things into perspective with a look at some fundamental indicators
BP dropped its green pledges and turned back to oil. Now the price of crude has collapsed
At its AGM this week, the company will face not only the activist investor at its heels, but a global economy being changed from the White House
Trump’s bullying must stop but the true costs of globalisation will remain
We cannot return to the status quo before ‘liberation day’, with western economies hollowed out by free-market capitalism
Michigan autoworkers wary of Trump’s tariffs: ‘Playing poker with people’s lives’
Residents in the auto industry’s heartland respond to the chaotic start to the president’s signature economic policy
No retreat on tariffs, Trump promised. Hours later, he blinked
As the economic and political pressure became unbearable, the US president changed course – but has the damage been done?
Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion
Trump ended the ‘de-minimis’ rule while launching a trade war with China – which will make retail giants such as Temu more expensive, experts say
‘They called it black gold’: but should cuttlefish be on our menus?
It’s a delicacy in France and Spain, and springing up at the UK’s restaurants, but is the trend for dining on cuttlefish sustainable?
‘How much will a manic Trump cost me?’ Pension savers’ anxiety rises over market volatility
Guardian readers say they have been hit hard by the US-inspired trade war, with some having lost tens of thousands from their pots