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Achim Steiner says risks are mounting of countries ‘imploding’ and ‘economies no longer functioning’

Also in today’s newsletter, US-China trade talks begin in London and Qualcomm pays $2.4bn for chip designer Alphawave

Melting ice could make shorter transits between Asia and Europe a reality but there are economic and geopolitical risks

Planned issuance also includes debt in Europe and will test investor appetite amid concerns over government policies

Country to be relinked to Swift payment system after more than a decade of sanctions, central bank chief says

Foreign rivals and private equity covet the mid-caps with large shares of key markets

Businesses argue south-east Asian country has become vital part of ‘China plus one’ strategy

The desire to hold Asian currencies reflects a growing nervousness about Trump’s America

Global companies lobby lawmakers to reject extra levies on countries deemed to treat US unfairly

A week of anniversaries, a key Westminster spending decision and a knife-edge vote of confidence in Poland’s Donald Tusk

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

Dubious pledges and uncertainty cast a shadow over the president’s manufacturing boom

MEP seeking to broker compromise deal says rules on curbing environmental and rights abuses should not be scrapped

Beijing’s success in snarling supply chains with rare earths has shifted the balance of power in trade talks

US president frustrated at Federal Reserve’s wait-and-see approach while European Central Bank has cut rates again

Beijing has attempted to improve relations with Brussels since Donald Trump returned to the White House

‘We’re really where we were before the meeting, which is nowhere,’ says one official at OECD annual meeting

From stars in the universe to interest rate cuts, digits both large and small now go unchallenged

The US president’s recent steel tariffs appeal to voters. But do they create jobs?

Head of the US central bank’s St Louis branch Alberto Musalem expects uncertainty ‘through the summer’