Trade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-based National Foreign Trade Council on Thursday blasted Canada for its refusal to back a global agreement to hold off on implementing digital services taxes for …

(Reuters) – Germany on Thursday passed its long-awaited China strategy after months of wrangling within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition over how much to toughen Berlin’s stance. Following are highlights …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing ahead with talks on a third version of a free trade agreement at an ASEAN summit …

By Naomi Rovnick, Marc Jones and Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – It was not meant to be this way. The big trades championed at the start of 2023 look redundant …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would take steps to revoke China’s permanent normal trade relations status …

By Kantaro Komiya and Lucy Craymer TOKYO (Reuters) -Ukraine has submitted a formal request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to New Zealand, Japanese and …

By David Lawder and Joe Cash WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tries to steady an increasingly tense relationship with China, the world’s two largest economies remain …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in May, with imports of goods dropping to their lowest level since late 2021 as higher borrowing costs slow domestic demand. The …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The most important Asian economic indicator from a pretty packed …

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins trod a careful line on his first trip to China last week as leader, focusing on trade and …

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian and European Union trade ministers spoke on Thursday evening, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as optimism builds that sticking points …

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s downtrend in exports likely slowed in June, with the trade balance set to swing to a surplus for the first time in …

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday urged the European Union and the Mercosur to set aside arrogance and negotiate the long-awaited trade agreement between the …

WASHINGTON — The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) held its quarterly public meeting June 14 and unanimously passed 24 recommendations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including 16 on …

(Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said the European Union’s latest proposal for a trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur made reaching an agreement impossible …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Brexit has been an “economic disaster” for trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Germany, leading to a fall in German direct investment and seeing …

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – The 24 companies that debuted the yuan-denominated stock trading scheme in Hong Kong attracted a small fraction of their stocks’ trading volume on …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government on Thursday agreed to fully open its market to imports of Canadian beef, lifting a stumbling block as Taipei angles to sign a bilateral investment …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday will call for continued work to redesign global supply chains to emphasize resilience and a more diverse …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Economists surveyed in a Reuters poll expect Indonesia’s May trade surplus to shrink from the previous month, following a decline in exports because of weakening commodity prices. …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States is set to remove obstacles that prevent smoother trade with India in critical areas such as defence and high technology, U.S. National Security …