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At the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the queue of cargo ships stretches as far as the eye can see. The question is how quickly the US government's new measures will be able to improve movement through a network strained to breaking pointhttps://on.ft.com/3AAl5q4 

Scientific advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will begin discussing whether to authorise boosters of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccinehttps://on.ft.com/30rZOCH 

Ministers are looking to relax rules shielding tens of millions of UK retirement savers from high chargeshttps://on.ft.com/3oYTUTN 

How Brexit stole Christmas: @TimHarford unpacks the UK government’s ‘self-imposed barriers to foreign labour’, and how we should brace ourselves for a cold, costly winterhttps://on.ft.com/2YPkGmB 

The crisis at China's Evergrande is stoking fears of defaults across the country’s property sectorhttps://on.ft.com/3BGMhox 

US consumer price growth reaches a 13-year high as inflation drives up the cost of food, energy and renthttps://on.ft.com/3mMzxX8 

An obscure self-styled entrepreneur, whose non-existent business record was highlighted by the FT last month, received £26.5m in furlough. UK tax officials have now managed to seize the furlough cashhttps://on.ft.com/3BBSCBw 

Good morning, Europe. While you were sleeping, this was one of our most read stories: Chinese president Xi Jinping appears to be sailing into an economic storm of his own makinghttps://on.ft.com/3DEwxTp 

Turkish lira hits record low after Erdogan sacks central bank officialshttps://on.ft.com/2YGhSbf 

China factory gate prices rise at fastest rate since 1995https://on.ft.com/3ADhxU8 

Can EU offer on N Ireland checks resolve Brexit dispute with UK?https://on.ft.com/3axz3P3 

The EU’s electricity market and why soaring gas prices are driving bills higherhttps://on.ft.com/3lCxpSj 

How Latin America became tech’s next big frontierhttps://on.ft.com/3DE4N1s 

Gunvor cuts LNG positions after $1bn of margin callshttps://on.ft.com/3aystYj 

China GDP: will weaker data damage Xi’s ambitious policy agenda?https://on.ft.com/3BERY69 

Ho Chi Minh City’s business recovery sputters after worker exodushttps://on.ft.com/3lDBxBL 

China coal and natural gas imports surge as energy crisis biteshttps://on.ft.com/3mTWoQu 

Evergrande crisis leaves Chinese developers shut out of global debt marketshttps://on.ft.com/3aPZzmZ