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Japan and South Korea resist US pressure to wrap commitments to pipeline project into trade deals

Buying new can be hard to resist — patronising small brands with transparent supply chains is a good place to start

New Delhi describes threat as ‘unjustified and unreasonable’

Lars Klingbeil criticises US president hours before meeting Treasury secretary in Washington

Pharma groups among hardest hit after US president demands price cuts

US president set to tighten grip on economic information and policymaking after controversial sacking of BLS official

Deal risks flouting World Trade Organization rules

Also in today’s newsletter, BP makes largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off Brazil coast

US president has imposed 17% duty on southern neighbour’s exports of the fruit to save dwindling number of local farmers

We may have avoided a global trade war but American consumers and businesses will still suffer

Currency swings sap spending power of American and Chinese travellers overseas

Investors today might be too complacent about the risks to earnings from slower growth and higher inflation

Investors expect a cut this week, but a divided MPC is keeping its options open

Sports retailer eyes spare Chinese manufacturing capacity as Nike and Adidas back away from country amid trade war

Narrow difference between duties on China and alternative hubs make costs of relocating less appealing, producers say

Trend adds to pressure on Donald Trump over inequality as he threatens to undermine reliability of economic data

Trump administration says high levies imposed on partners are ‘locked in’

Wave of US trade levies arrive, Bank of England sets interest rates, and Japan observes 80th anniversary of atomic bomb drops

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

President Karin Keller-Sutter under fire for failed trade talks with Trump administration