For Chinese technology companies, January can’t come soon enough. Giants from Huawei Technologies Co. to TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd can have no doubt left: There will be no let-up in the Trump administration’s efforts to entrench its China policy before leaving office. That’s undermining hopes that a change of US president might lead to an easing in the technology cold ...

It may seem strange to be worried about inflation in the midst of a global recession, a pandemic and huge political ructions in the US. How fast this happens depends on how quickly the developed world recovers over the next few months, but pressures are building. As has been the case for many years, global inflation has “Made in Asia” ...

Britain believes it has chosen the ideal moment to throw its weight behind a financial innovation that might help save the world. As part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s blueprint to fight the climate emergency, the UK is exploring the creation of a London-based international market in carbon offsets, carbon credits and derivatives linked to emissions-cutting investments. The plan sounds ...