All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet ...

It’s sometimes hard to tell in advance how tough a given FT Alphaville Pub Quiz will be. Plus, last night’s quizzery in the heart of Washington DC had an added twist — rather than the smörgåsbord of ...

Elon Musk’s crusade to slash US government spending suffered setbacks on Thursday after a federal judge barred the Treasury department from handing data from its payments system to outsiders and one ...

The tool, which was drawn up during Trump’s first term and subsequently used as a deterrent against China, allows the EU’s ...

From Sarang Shidore, Director, Global South Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Washington, DC, US ...

The potential economic risks for the US — higher inflation and industrial disruption — are well known.

US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and “stop work” orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, according to ...

Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports to start at 2.5 per cent ...

Carmakers, food producers and construction will be worst hit and consumers across the US, Mexico and Canada could suffer ...

Debt rankers appear to have been more coy in recent years on risks of developed economies than emerging markets ...

From Anne Gordon, Vice President for International Tax Policy, National Foreign Trade Council, Washington, DC, US ...

Trump indicated he was unmoved by economists’ warnings that new tariffs would hurt the US economy or risk a leap in inflation as importers passed on the increased cost of their goods to consumers.