All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet ...

The tool, which was drawn up during Trump’s first term and subsequently used as a deterrent against China, allows the EU’s ...

From Sarang Shidore, Director, Global South Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Washington, DC, US ...

More than 2 million federal workers — analysts, nurses, scientists, accountants, food inspectors — face a deadline of 11:59 p ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes ...

The president is surrounded by the leaders of the richest and most powerful companies in history — but their dominance may ...

US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and “stop work” orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, according to ...

The potential economic risks for the US — higher inflation and industrial disruption — are well known.

Carmakers, food producers and construction will be worst hit and consumers across the US, Mexico and Canada could suffer ...

Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports to start at 2.5 per cent ...

Debt rankers appear to have been more coy in recent years on risks of developed economies than emerging markets ...

From Anne Gordon, Vice President for International Tax Policy, National Foreign Trade Council, Washington, DC, US ...