Pound up from 20-month low as Theresa May pledges to fight to retain Tory leadership

Michael Kovrig worked at Ottawa’s embassy in Beijing before joining research group

Meng Wanzhou must surrender passports and pay for private security guards to accompany her

Chinese chipmakers’ reliance on foreign equipment has increased

First sign of trade war thaw but concerns remain over timeline for deal deadline

World’s largest producer of grey metal calls for tougher defences against US tariffs

The pact slashes tariffs on EU food exports in return for liberalised access to its car market

MIT's David Autor on about what we now know about trade

Even without US-China trade war, Thailand’s export-driven economy is vulnerable

Behind the battle over tariffs lies a struggle over the technologies of the future

More than 1,000 exemption requests await ruling as pain mounts from flagging demand

Companies speed up shipments and shift production to mitigate impact of trade wars

G-20 ‘truce’ seen as temporary as US hardliners lead talks

Businesses fear they could be next after what many say is a politically-motivated arrest

Writers who warned that the US was determined to thwart China now look prescient