Negotiators explore options that could lead to pact but core issues still intractable

Pence takes veiled swipe at Beijing’s regional ambitions ahead of Trump-Xi meeting at G20

Jochem Heizmann blames trade war for flat market but predicts German carmaker will buck trend

Extreme weather, trade war and virulent pig disease risk disrupting markets

Shadow hangs over Malmstrom and Lighthizer’s Washington talks

Move will allow access to shared information on platforms such as blockchain

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Beijing uses monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and weaker currency to support growth

Gains for region’s manufacturers are likely to be offset by slowing Chinese demand

US move turns up heat in campaign to decouple world’s two largest economies

Retail and property sales stutter while credit growth slides to all-time low

US trade advisers review auto imports’ threat to national security

Communist party keen to control business news as growth slows and discontent simmers

Chairman Jörg Wolle says group has survived by focusing on its original Asia business

Serge Pun says trade war means time is right to invest in Yangon, the next Shenzhen

More than 20 countries at WTO say London-Brussels proposal means they will lose out

As the G20 Argentina summit nears, hopes of a trade war truce are building

UK trade department turns down information request saying research is not complete

President warns of new difficulties ‘obtaining’ foreign technology

A volatile month did not deliver the outperformance promised by stockpickers

Trump adviser Navarro accuses billionaires of trying to force an end to tariff plans