Monday, May 6
A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.
US president Donald Trump threatens to raise tariffs on all Chinese imports to 25 per cent,
Occidental Petroleum adds more cash to the structure of its $55bn offer to buy Anadarko Petroleum and
the European Union prepares to launch a formal antitrust investigation into Apple.
Plus, the FT’s economics editor Chris Giles explains why the global economy looks stronger than the “delicate moment” the IMF had expected this spring.