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The country is taking a huge bite out of the European and US market with ever-growing production of luxury foods

Young protesters around the world have rallied under the image in their fight for political change

Investment in Lobito Corridor comes as bloc channels development assistance towards energy, metals and migration

Also in today’s newsletter: Big tech turns to special purpose vehicles to fund data centres and US economic growth exceeds expectations

Trump administration holds off increasing tariffs until 2027

Read the central bank’s December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Member states’ spending on US oil and gas fell 7 per cent over the past four months

These metals have become the plaything of the US-China trade war

The founding father of behavioural economics on why we still make bad decisions

Figure surpasses expectations after growth boosted by consumer spending

Industrial metal has passed $12,000 a tonne as rally continues

Consumer spending drove higher growth in the third quarter

European Commission plans additional checks and stricter rules to shore up ailing industry

Also in today’s newsletter: ByteDance’s AI spending spree, and private credit firms snap up consumer debt

Read the central bank’s December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Concern over rural economies as distilleries left with a surplus that has forced some to pause or scale back production

Salary increases for new hires drop compared with last year

Low-cost domestic producers of prized delicacies are replacing imports and breaking into global markets

More than half of those contacted by British Chambers of Commerce criticised the post-Brexit arrangements

Former BlackRock executive will be tasked with helping to reset relations with Washington ahead of 2026 trade review