Companies seek growth abroad through deals for Everlane and Puma amid domestic competition and deflationary pressures
Why export restrictions have always been the best, and the worst, weapons to bring to global trade battles
New online movement adopts mascot of household pest to express frustration over rising unemployment
Regulator penalises brokerages in effort to close loophole that allowed retail traders to get around capital controls
Promotion offered discounts on May 18, the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju massacre
Putin’s mis-steps have locked it into a relationship with China that is increasingly one-sided
Novartis spin-off says Chinese overcapacity threatens European self-reliance and access to key antibiotic
Western automakers are taking advantage of Chinese overcapacity to export lower-cost vehicles to their home markets
The 220km hike traces ancient routes to remote waterholes, riverside campgrounds and mountain lookouts
Communist ‘party building’ courses seen as part of efforts to strengthen political education and hold on society
Also in this newsletter: Marco Rubio is coming to India
Princeton Digital Group’s sale process caps foreign retreat from the country’s sensitive digital infrastructure
Pakistani mediators expected to travel to Tehran as diplomacy to end conflict intensifies
Also in today’s newsletter, how will Donald Trump deploy his $1.8bn ‘slush fund’?
To stand up to China, the EU needs courageous governments, not another Commission regulation
The store for reconstructed classics straight out of 1980s London
JPMorgan chief says US is ‘still a safe haven’ even though it ‘surprised people recently’
Analysts say use of Chinese currency in global oil trade is on the rise
Work stoppage had threatened to disrupt Korean economy and global artificial intelligence boom
Close diplomatic relations between Beijing and Moscow are matched by growing mutual commercial exchanges
Fuel prices rise as prime minister says he can no longer shield citizens from impact of Iran war and other global events
Knock-on effects of the Strait of Hormuz’s closure are becoming a source of economic consternation
Chinese government delays green light for talks with Elbridge Colby to pressure Trump over new weapons package
Jeep and Peugeot owner also strikes deal with Dongfeng to produce Chinese group’s electric cars in France
Jakarta to set up state-owned enterprise that would be sole exporter of palm oil, thermal coal and nickel
