China has just shown it can defeat America in a trade war
Donald Trump has almost certainly started a battle he cannot win

Donald Trump has almost certainly started a battle he cannot win
There will be no winners from Trump’s trade war – but take comfort in the cost of energy
Higher defence spending will lift up regions outside of the South and boost manufacturing
Brexit will look like a lucky escape if the US president follows through on his tariffs threat
Rachel Reeves’s plans for spending and borrowing have fuelled worries about inflation
Rejoining the EU would simply guarantee that the UK felt the full force of any new tariffs imposed on the bloc
It is no longer a question of if the axe will fall, but where
Labour’s fiscal credibility is at risk if the Chancellor keeps shifting the goalposts
The new Labour Government’s policies risk snuffing out signs of recovery
The Chancellor is about to use the Treasury-funded OBR as a cover to justify tax rises
The stakes are too high to hand 16-year-olds the power to decide the country’s future, as Labour proposes
If Threadneedle Street fails to deliver soon Britain’s recovery risks being snuffed out
Bank of England risks missing the boat as Europe turns a corner
It is increasingly clear that the party will leave Britain labouring under a mountain of debt
The rosier Britain’s economic outlook gets, the less appealing a gamble on Labour seems
Beijing could hold the key to the imminent demise of the US currency’s special status