The threats the president has made are looking increasingly hollow

The FT’s ‘back to school’ primer on what to watch out for

US president’s power to withdraw from the trade deal is more limited than he thinks

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist lost most of his battles on trade during his time in office

Beijing has used demand for ‘paws’ to help to crack open US market

The real question is what tools Washington should use and when

Plan is shaped by domestic needs and held back by domestic weaknesses

Despite the need for speed, negotiations rarely happen quickly

For a Nafta 2.0 to be achieved within months, the art of face-saving will be needed

Plans to renegotiate Nafta and introduce steel import curbs are fraught with difficulty

With Ross probing steel imports, the textile industry offers an instructive example

Britain had better make its mind up about what it really wants from the EU negotiations

President poised to take his most protectionist action yet