The last date to buy a new petrol, diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans. The change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the UK...

Liu He and Donald Trump The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy. Speaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said would be...

There has been an "uplift" in sentiment in the housing market following the general election, according to a survey of property professionals. Sales expectations had "risen sharply", the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in 2017 After more than two years of rising tension, the US and China have signed a deal aimed at calming trade frictions. The agreement has been hard-fought, but it is unclear how much...

The US has reversed its decision to brand China a currency manipulator as the two countries prepare to wind down their trade war. The US said it made the change because China had agreed to refrain from devaluing its...

Concerns about climate change will drive a "fundamental reshaping of finance", one of the world's biggest money managers has said. Larry Fink, who runs BlackRock, said the shift will happen "sooner than most...

Germany is leading manufacturer of cars The German economy grew by 0.6% last year, according to official figures, its weakest performance since 2013. The was driven mainly by household spending. Business investment in...

Cheaper hotel costs helped to push the inflation rate down The UK's inflation rate fell to its lowest for more than three years in December, increasing speculation that interest rates could be cut. , down from 1.5% in...

US share market indexes have hit new highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, closing above 29,000 for the first time. The S&P 500 also closed at a new high, gaining 0.2% to end at 3,289, while the Nasdaq held...

The UK's economy grew by just 0.1% in the three months to November, according to the Office for National Statistics. Growth was slightly stronger in September and October than previously thought, but fell 0.3% in...

Another Bank of England policymaker has floated the idea of cutting the central bank's main interest rate. Gertjan Vlieghe he will consider voting for a rate cut depending on how the economy has performed since the...

The US economy added 145,000 jobs last month, capping a year of solid but slowing growth, Hiring at retail and health care firms drove the gains, which pushed the US labour market to a 10th year of expansion. While the...

President Trump promised to "do something" about French wine earlier this year A century ago, new restrictions on selling alcohol left US wine merchants reeling. Now President Donald Trump's decision to raise taxes on...

The system of pricing extensions for leasehold homes has been branded "absurd" by a campaigner. The Law Commission this week outlined a variety of potential reforms to the system, but stopped short of suggesting...

Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, a rare decrease in recent years for a European country. More than 40 million people travelled through the country's 10 airports, compared with...