The message Xi is sending on his tour is loud and clear. China is seeking to capitalize on the Trump administration’s truculence to cast itself as the world’s preferred trading partner.

Raw materials secured by the Government have arrived in the UK to keep British Steel blast furnaces burning after a race to save the company’s Scunthorpe plant.Ministers have taken control of the firm ...

As we’ve been reporting, US Vice-President JD Vance says there is a “good chance” that the US and UK will come to a mutually ...