Germany’s industrial production slid back to levels not seen since the first coronavirus wave in 2020, a fresh signal that Europe’s largest economy is wrestling with a damaging mix of weak overseas demand, rising global competition and policy uncertainty. The month-on-month fall in June deepened a...

The collapse of long-anticipated trade talks between India and the United States has left New Delhi reeling from a sudden imposition of 25% tariffs on key exports, along with the threat of additional penalties over oil imports. After five rounds of negotiations, what had once been billed as a...

In a mounting legal confrontation that has drawn attention across India’s digital and political landscape, the government’s expanding internet censorship regime is facing direct challenge from a major global social media platform. At the heart of the dispute is a sweeping legal framework introduced...

The European Commission revealed that it has approved the plans of the French authorities to allocate €11 billion from the state budget for the advancement of offshore wind energy. France can accelerate the deployment of offshore wind energy capacity in accordance with the Clean Industrial Deal...

A surge of Chinese companies is aggressively pursuing initial public offerings (IPOs) and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals in the United States this year, setting the stage for a potential record tally despite simmering geopolitical and trade tensions between Washington and Beijing....

The U.S. labor market entered August with a marked slowdown in hiring, raising fresh questions about the momentum of the economic recovery. Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 73,000 jobs in July—well below analysts’ expectations—while revisions to May and June data trimmed a combined 258,000 positions....

When President Donald Trump announced on August 1 a sweeping increase in import duties on goods from nearly 70 trading partners, global markets responded with immediate alarm. U.S. stock indices plunged, European equities tumbled and Asian bourses opened sharply lower as investors digested the...

South Asia’s largest economy now finds itself under fresh U.S. scrutiny as Washington ramps up criticism of a host of Indian industries it says are unfairly off-limits to American exporters and investors. In a move that will take effect on August 1, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25...

South Korea’s freshly appointed trade team pulled off a last-minute victory in Washington this week, locking in a $350 billion investment package and averting punitive U.S. tariffs that threatened to hit Seoul’s export-driven economy. With little more than weeks on the job following President Lee...