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Bloc’s trade commissioner in Washington to seek a compromise with Donald Trump

It’s not a terminal moral malaise that’s blighting the country, it’s an economic one

Unthinking campaigns against ‘red tape’ are not the way to promote growth

Also in today’s newsletter, US president calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’, and Politico owner praises Vance

Remember the good as well as the bad and the ugly

The president’s conviction that US currency strength gives trading partners an unfair advantage is well known

Tariffs, trade wars and plans for big tax cuts could all rattle investors in US Treasuries, but it’s a resilient market with few alternatives

How the central bank can spur capital markets unification in the EU

Academic Tim Minshall’s enthusiastic study of globalised production is also a warning on the loss of local expertise

Figure surpasses expectations and highlights challenge for Bank of England

If the data can be believed, the UK economy is losing its economic dynamism

Latest package takes aim at Russian aluminium industry and tightens restrictions on oil exports

Remarks are the strongest hint yet that central bank hawks will soon resist lowering borrowing costs

Neither the US nor China is willing to assume the responsibility

Providers respond to demand from customers for tax-efficient savings accounts

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump calls for Ukraine elections and China’s holdings of Treasuries fall

Beijing has been seeking to hold American debt through lower-profile accounts and diversifying into other assets

George Bernard Shaw was right — progress depends on ‘unreasonable’ people

US president’s out-of-hours policy statements and U-turns boost contracts traded in Singapore

US president threatens to intensify trade war with additional levies on drugs and semiconductors