The heads of the World Bank and IMF appealed Thursday to the U.S. and China to cool their dispute over technology policy and play by world trade rules, as tumbling share prices drove home potential perils from a clash between the world’s two biggest economies.
Read moreAlibaba founder Jack Ma says the trade dispute between the U.S. and China could “unfortunately” last 20 years.
Read moreCanada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.
Read moreThe World Trade Organization lowered Thursday its global trade growth forecasts, citing increased trade tensions between large economies and heightened uncertainty.
Read moreFrom Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices.
Read moreChina has announced a new cut in import tariffs but no action on U.S. complaints about its technology policy that are fueling an escalating trade battle with Washington.
Read moreFive world powers have agreed with Iran to establish a financial facility in the European Union to facilitate payments for Iran’s exports, including oil, as well as its imports. It is a key move sought by Tehran following the U.S. pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal and its re-imposition of sanctions.
Read moreResponding to President Donald Trump’s unveiling of new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, China said Tuesday it would slap tariffs of its own on $60 billion in U.S. imports.
Read moreVendors selling everything from car batteries to “kangaroo essence” health pills have descended on Pyongyang for an international trade fair.
Read moreThe World Trade Organization says its dispute settlement body will take up China’s request to be allowed to impose sanctions against the United States for failing to abide by a WTO ruling on anti-dumping measures.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Friday that he’s prepared to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese imports. Such a step would significantly escalate his trade war with Beijing and would likely increase costs for a broad range of U.S. businesses and consumers.
Read moreEarly farmers who left the Mediterranean region to settle across Europe more than 9,000 years ago were fueled by a new and unlikely resource: cheese.
Read moreThe U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in July, reaching the highest level since February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Read moreThe latest round of U.S. trade talks with Canada ended Friday without a deal, but in a statement the U.S. Trade Representative said the plan is for the talks to resume next week.
Read moreJapan’s finance minister and Chinese officials have pledged support for the multilateral system of global trade regulation ahead of a possible new round of U.S. tariff hikes in a battle over Beijing’s technology policy.
Read moreChina will make economic changes at its own pace regardless of U.S. pressure, and their worsening dispute over technology policy can only be solved through negotiations as equals, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Monday announced a breakthrough in trade between the U.S. and Mexico, a step that clears the way for Canada to rejoin negotiations to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Read moreFrench President Emmanuel Macron has called for trade discussions to be held between the U.S., Europe, China and Japan in November in Paris.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies’ contributions to the U.S. economy, Japan’s trade minister said Thursday.
Read moreDanish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Thursday it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
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