Traders in the US are paying much higher prices for copper, aluminium and steel than their European counterparts as they rush to buy the metals ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. On Sunday, ...

The logic for consolidation is straightforward: Europe doesn’t have enough banks with the scale to compete with the US and facilitate investment in essential projects such as the climate transition.

Downing Street refuses to say if Britain would retaliate but industry warns levies on exports would be ‘devastating’ ...