The Guardian view on Trump and Xi: a show of friendship, but no real attempt to address the tensions | Editorial
The Chinese leader’s visit to Washington appears to have done nothing to shift the stalemate in bilateral relations Within days, two high-profile Chinese visitors will arrive in the US – envoys of friendship, as Xi Jinping described them when he met…
Oil price rise creates more pressure on UK policymakers before budget
Treasury sources concede ‘less room’ for manoeuvre as global bond selloff also hikes government’s borrowing costsInternational bodies warn of rising debt and borrowing risksBurnham stands by claim UK is ‘in hock’ to bond marketsOil prices lurched upwards…
UK losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade due to mismatched product rules
IPPR finds failure to align testing standards has forced companies to abandon exporting to EU and is costing costing 0.18% of national incomeThe UK is losing out on annual exports to the EU that could be worth as much as £6.5bn without a deal with…