Economics
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Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed to work together to lower trade barriers, in an apparent breakthrough in the trade dispute
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Trump and Juncker’s remarks represent a step back from potential trade war after weeks of stalemate, but were short of detail
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US president and European commission president agreed they want to reduce tariffs, before heading into talks in Washington
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Nearly 90% of people feel bored or confused when politicians use jargon to talk about economics, according to the charity Economy, which holds free classes across the country to help take away the barriers to understanding and change how people think
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‘Value for money’ for public contracts is a colossal failure. The Labour leader is right: the state should support manufacturing, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor
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In two letters, hundreds of academics call for Goldsmiths to bring its cleaners back in house, and for James Newell to be reinstated as professor of politics at Salford University
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The rightwinger has admitted any ‘Brexit dividend’ may take 50 years. Is his hardline position linked to personal gain? asks Green MEP Molly Scott Cato
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IMF compares economic turmoil to Germany’s after first world war and estimates economy could contract 18% this year
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Thinktank says since 2010 child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures show
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