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Tokyo asks US to help convince Beijing to ease chokehold on yttrium and avert manufacturing shutdown

IMF says continent’s GDP to expand faster than China for first time in decades as it beats worst expectations following Iran war

Cyril Ramaphosa says Pretoria wants to take advantage of growing tariff-free access benefits with Beijing

Looting and clashes with police take place in Milan, Brussels, Liège and Tirana

France and Germany have synthesised their bad ideas about cars into a terrible plan

Also in today’s newsletter: China’s third-quarter growth beats expectations and US voters’ verdict on Trump’s second term

Third-quarter GDP rate puts world’s second-biggest economy on track for full-year target, analysts say

When voters turn, leaders follow

The Iran war and shifts by China are tightening the supply of dollars in international markets

South America’s largest economy holds a presidential run-off, Albertans vote in an unofficial independence referendum, key UK economic data ahead of Budget

Voters are increasingly linking rising energy prices to the administration’s policies

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

Indiscriminately targeting those with 10-digit fortunes is arbitrary, misguided and costly

The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to former Republican adviser Robert Kagan

Poll of 94 economists points to benefits reaching far beyond the US and China

Violence erupts in several cities after mass demonstrations over high living costs and dissatisfaction with the education system

People elect presidents to fix problems, not to diagnose their causes

Rate markets have been particularly volatile on the outcome of the Fed’s next rate decision later in the month

Berlin secured concessions on combustion engines and Paris on limiting partners’ access to ‘Made in Europe’