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FT-Booth survey reveals broad concern over president’s measures and criticism of central bank

Tariffs are not the only flashpoint; another economic policy war is shaping up

Prioritising defence and clean energy may deliver some objectives — but not this one

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

The president is undermining his own desire for lower interest rates

Prime Minister Mark Carney bets more domestic commerce can help compensate for US levies

BIS says households scarred by pandemic still expect prices to rise sharply in coming year

Fertiliser prices have been ‘extremely volatile’ in the past two weeks, says CEO of leading crop nutrients group Yara

Smaller countries face ‘perfect storm’, says UN and WTO trade tsar ahead of key sustainable development summit in Spain

Textile producers, electronics manufacturers and car suppliers are among those trying to make sense of a market in turmoil

Campaigners say agreement with Washington threatens to kill landmark accord

Donald Trump’s criticism of central bank chair has fuelled expectations of a dovish shift once he leaves in May next year

US president renews attack on Jay Powell and says borrowing costs should fall to 1%

Closure of historic Norfolk plant would put 1,300 jobs at risk and be the latest blow to the country’s auto industry

US president says he will set a new tariff on imports from the country within a week

Wall Street’s S&P 500 ended the session up 0.5%

Also in today’s newsletter, US Treasury calls on Congress to scrap foreign revenge tax in Trump bill, and the private equity-insurance nexus

Purported pact follows negotiations in London and Geneva to de-escalate global trade war

May reading flips cumulative growth for this year to a 1.1 per cent decline

Also in this newsletter: EU politicians travel to Budapest Pride despite Orbán’s ban