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The rich-get-richer trade

Trump administration plans to set price floors, create strategic minerals reserve and take equity stakes

New research suggests a direct link between improved understanding of issues such as inflation and lower loan defaults

Geopolitical tensions to slow investment in new ‘greenfield’ projects

Copper trading has shifted from Comex as uncertainty persists over US president’s trade policy

Trade war and property downturn hit momentum as official GDP grows 4.8% in third quarter

Central Committee expected to highlight the importance of consumption in an economy threatened by deflation

Shifting levies and taxes as well as regulation add to strains, with low consumer confidence also worrying many businesses

Japan’s Diet could elect a new PM, UK’s Labour will pick a deputy leader and Ireland set to get a new president

Ed Miliband says the government must act to tackle the country’s ‘affordability crisis’ and outlines clean jobs package

China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Industrial policy has delivered impressive technological gains without productivity growth

BoE governor was speaking as central bankers debate rising trade barriers including from Donald Trump’s policies

Dutch seizure of a Chinese-owned chipmaker show EU’s balancing act between Washington and Beijing under strain

Gathering next week is seen as progress after new rupture in trade relationship over critical minerals

Carve-outs are for heavy vehicles and their parts that are compliant with Donald Trump’s 2020 trade pact

NHS likely to pay billions more for some medicines in exchange for lower tariffs on British pharma exports

The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed

Delay and darkness suggest the UK government is scared of making decisions