President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

While the cutting of interest rates will have come as a relief to Rachel Reeves, the Bank's cut to growth predictions is a major blow.

Beyond a few purveyors of handbags and slimming drugs, few of its big companies compete successfully with rivals from America and China, the world’s two biggest economies. Negotiating a trade ...