Chile’s green lessons for emerging markets Dash for hydrogen shows that fossil fuels are not the only route to prosperity
Turkish inflation hits highest level for more than two years Price growth leaves central bank with dilemma over Erdogan’s demand to cut interest rates
China’s Belt and Road Initiative should stop financing new coal power Ending the fuel’s use would help meet climate commitments and foster co-operation with western nations
What happens if Chinese household wealth is unleashed on the world? Tentative steps at liberalisation reflect fears over the strong renminbi and risks of a bubble in domestic markets
Wallenberg warns against using Covid as excuse for protectionism Swedish industrialist says that EU politicians risk creating barriers to global trade
EU to develop investment initiative to counter Chinese influence Draft statement seeks a “geostrategic approach” to investments abroad
Brazil erupts in protests after court authorises Bolsonaro probe Populist president is under investigation in connection with vaccine supply deal
Opec impasse sees UAE ‘flexing its muscles’ against Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi’s refusal to agree output deal a sign of intensifying competition between the two Gulf states
What Joe Biden can learn from Richard Nixon’s playbook As it did 50 years ago, the US economy finds itself at a turning point
The good, the bad and the ugly of the global tax reform deal The agreement reached by 130 countries has left fertile ground for new and clever techniques to circumvent the rules
Changing of the guard at Amazon and a new look to The Week Ahead A fresh start for the $1tn tech group and the FT’s weekly round-up of forthcoming events
FirstFT: Schroders chief urges reform of UK City rules S&P 500 finishes at record high and Opec fails to reach agreement
Economic slide sends support for Erdogan to all-time low President’s construction spree sparks dissent, even in his ancestral stronghold
Inflation data not worrying, says Poland’s central bank chief Adam Glapinski also notes there is ‘no sign’ of property bubbles fuelled by low interest rates
Donald Tusk returns on a mission to shake up Polish politics Former prime minister hopes to revive struggling opposition and dethrone ruling Law and Justice party
Russia-linked hackers target IT supply chain with ransomware Sweden’s Coop shuts grocery stores as attack spreads via managed service providers that use Kaseya technology
Opec talks end in deadlock over raising oil production Crude prices trade near 3-year high as UAE holds out against deal
Global tax deal faces challenges of detail, implementation and holdouts Historic agreement by 130 countries will introduce minimum rate and new jurisdictional powers
Colombia loses decade-old investment grade status Fitch downgrade hits Iván Duque’s government rocked by violent protests to tax reform plan
Lambda Covid variant’s ‘unusual’ mutations puzzle scientists Strain first detected in Peru has spread to 27 countries including the UK
Donaldson to seek removal of N Ireland protocol ‘within weeks’ New DUP leader in combative mood even as UK and EU try to defuse tensions over region
World’s leading economies agree global minimum corporate tax rate OECD talks in Paris reach historic agreement signed by 130 countries
Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade policy faces first High Court test British Sugar wins right for judicial review on decision to cut tariffs on raw sugar imports
CBDCs must be coupled with greater accountability Launching digital currencies will mean even more responsibility for — and politicisation of — the world’s monetary guardians.
FirstFT: Trump Organization and top executive charged with fraud Leading economies agree global tax rate, Robinhood targets $40bn IPO valuation, Trump Organization faces fraud charges
