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The White House late on Monday announced that it was asking the USTR to draw up a list of $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods to hit with an additional 10% tariff in response to China publishing a list of 545 USA items worth $50bn in export revenue on Friday that it would slap...

Chinese stocks recorded their steepest falls since the trade dispute started on Tuesday.

States can, however, begin passing laws that require online retailers to collect sales tax from customers even if they have no physical presence in a state. North Dakota, which said mail orders from out-of-state companies didn’t have to add sales tax. The Court also found...

Stadler, who also is a member of the Volkswagen Group’s management board, is now the highest-ranking executive to be arrested in connection with the company’s diesel-emissions scandal.

North American stock markets fell in mid-day trading, with the S&P/TSX composite index falling 50.84 points to 16,332.79.

“If you read the previous statement by President Trump on the $50 billion of tariffs, he made it clear that he viewed Chinese responses to our actions not just limited to tariffs”, Navarro said, according to Bloomberg. “We have no choice”.

The CSU, which faces regional elections in October, fears it could be toppled from its decades-old perch atop the wealthy southern state by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party if it does not tighten policy towards migrants. More than 1.6 million migrants,...

President Donald Trump, who is under pressure over the US policy of separating immigrant children from parents who illegally cross the Mexican border, waded into the dispute in Germany with a morning Twitter tirade.

Resolving the trade dispute quickly would decrease the likelihood of manufacturing disruptions for upcoming iPhones, iPads, and Macs, most of which will be assembled in Chinese or Taiwanese factories weeks or months before shipping to other countries.

Markets are now tracking BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s post-meeting briefing, which began at 0630 GMT, for clues on how long the central bank could hold off on whittling down stimulus given stubbornly weak inflation.

Donald Trump and Iran exchanged sharp words over oil prices on Wednesday, with Tehran accusing the US president of contributing to volatile prices after he withdraw from a global nuclear arms deal last month.

President Donald Trump moved the USA to the brink of a trade war with China, announcing tariffs on $50bn (R670bn) of Chinese imports that America’s biggest trading partner has vowed to retaliate against.

“I stressed how important it is for President Trump to rectify that situation so that trade becomes more balanced, more reciprocal and more fair, with the opportunity to have American workers be treated fairly”, Pompeo said Thursday during a joint news conference with...

Since the nuclear deal was signed, Iranian production has increased by almost one million barrels per day.

The president would not elaborate on these hazy measures of time.