President announces $16bn aid package for farmers as stand-off with Beijing escalates

Equities sell off puts S&P 500 on course for worst month of the year

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

Rising US inventories and China trade spat knock Brent crude lower

The inaugural China International Music Competition comes at a time when concert halls are packed with young audiences

The yield on the US benchmark fell to 2.322 per cent

Higher levy on Chinese goods will ‘create economic distortions’, researchers warn

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says it will continue supplies despite US ban

Surveillance equipment maker faces threat of ban as Washington moves to target Chinese tech groups

World’s biggest dairy exporter considers exit from Chinese farms and Nestlé joint venture

Tariffs on Chinese exports open door to wave of imports from rest of Asia

Trump’s tariffs force businesses to respond rapidly with production shift

America’s largest meat processor in talks to build plant as tariffs bite into exports

Recent $20bn sale of US debt could not be explained by typical ebb and flow of Beijing’s holdings

In Madrid, creatives and chief executives discussed how to get ahead in an age of disruption

Government to miss fuel ethanol target as US corn shipments dry up on higher tariffs

International and domestic critics fear greater political interference from Beijing

Move by the CSRC would come after years of deliberations over risks to the system

US aircraft maker faces new financial hit over grounding of 737 Max after fatal crashes