Think ‘sanctions’ will trouble China? Then you’re stuck in the politics of the past
The complex history of how China and the US once embraced each other should inform how the current showdown is tackled, says artist and activist Ai Weiwei
Shell reports $18bn loss as global oil and gas prices collapse
Energy giant hit by massive change in fortunes as Covid-19 crisis forces writedown in asset values
Airbus takes final approach to settle 16-year WTO row with US
Aircraft maker says it will end French and Spanish state support used by Trump administration to justify tariffs
Most UK firms plan to invest less in next three years, finds survey
Covid-19, risk of no-deal Brexit and geopolitical tensions are dragging down spending
World Bank calls on creditors to cut poorest nations’ debt payments
Cooperation needed to avoid turning Covid-19 into deeper economic crisis, says economist
Family fortunes of wealthy increase as super-rich ride coronavirus storm
UBS says portfolios of 77% of richest investors are performing in line with or above target
Barley industry fears it is bearing brunt of Australia’s ‘fractured’ relationship with China
Agricultural groups call for more government help to access new markets amid concerns over heavy reliance on China
Three in four UK firms unprepared for Brexit, study shows
IoD says half of companies questioned cannot fully plan for end of transition period due to lack of clarity on rules
Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery
Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands ‘immediate, substantial and permanent’ higher taxes ‘on people like us’
Covid-19 has revealed a pre-existing pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich
Governments must take seriously the human right to an adequate standard of living – or the poverty pandemic will long outlive Covid-19
Protecting 30% of planet could bolster economy, study says
Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed
Summer statement: the UK’s Covid-19 economic crisis in five key charts
Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s statement we look at public finances, economic growth, jobs, retail and the housing market
‘We squandered a decade’: world losing fight against poverty, says UN academic
Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030 ‘completely off track’, says outgoing special rapporteur, with Covid-19 likely to impoverish millions more
Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it’s the UK that’s in dire need of aid
Like Brown in 2005, Sunak plans to help the vulnerable – but the similarities end there
Global economy will take $12tn hit from coronavirus, says IMF
World Economic Outlook says UK economy is on course to shrink by 10.2% in 2020