Comments from US president will ease concerns in Canberra that Washington was cooling on pact
Apollo, KKR, Carlyle and Cerberus among investors that held talks with federal government
Visit by US envoys comes day after series of attacks threatened to derail fragile accord
Starbucks, ride-hailing app Lyft and UK tax authority among those affected by AWS problems
Gustavo Petro had earlier accused administration of murder over its attacks on vessels in the Caribbean
Concerns mount about hidden exposure to private capital firms and hedge funds in wake of credit market wobbles
CEOs would be wise to avoid staking too much on the US president’s pet projects
Datasets have been removed, federal websites scrubbed and thousands of Noaa staff purged. Experts warn disaster defences are at risk
Residents dispute the president’s description of the north-western city as ‘war-ravaged’ and lawless
Propping up the peso is unlikely to lead to a sustainable improvement in the country’s economy
China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades
Agreement comes as global soft drinks group tries to spin out its bottle business
Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
US carmaker to pass on more costs to consumers through price rises
Max Levchin says limits on such penalties will force companies to improve their underwriting models
Plus what the alternative labour data says
Jacob Silverman takes a lively and provocative look at how Elon Musk and other leading lights in Silicon Valley shifted away from a liberal ethos
Plunging prices for bonds of high-profile issuers draw comparisons with jitters in US credit
Activists warn of protests if New Delhi makes concessions on US agricultural imports
Washington’s $400mn of support fails to halt currency’s slide ahead of the Latin American country’s midterm elections
Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services
If the response to potential outages is that companies try to build in more slack, then there will be obvious beneficiaries
The ability to discreetly communicate with the adversary is more important than ever
Rare earths are not the only Chinese product that America would struggle to replace
China and the US are heading for an unstable truce
Higher levies on endowment income will more than offset an increase in investment returns
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine front line in volatile White House meeting
Trump administration plans to set price floors, create strategic minerals reserve and take equity stakes
Industry minister wants financial institutions to help cut country’s economic dependence on the US
These booms are connected, but not in the way you may have heard
Copper trading has shifted from Comex as uncertainty persists over US president’s trade policy
Trade war and property downturn hit momentum as official GDP grows 4.8% in third quarter
Son of former leader inherits deep economic crisis
