The global film industry has pressed on with production, financing and location planning despite renewed threats from U.S. leadership to impose sweeping tariffs on films made outside the United States. Rather than derailing the international shoot schedule or triggering a mass reshoring of...

The planned meeting between Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, and He Lifeng, China’s Vice Premier, is emerging as a critical moment in recalibrating U.S.–China trade and supply-chain tension. Officials say the encounter, set to take place in Malaysia next week, focuses not simply on...

The world’s largest trading relationship — between the United States and China — is showing signs of structural fracture. Amid unpredictable tariff changes, political threats, and a mounting climate of distrust, many Chinese manufacturers are increasingly abandoning the U.S. market altogether. From...

Europe’s race toward electric mobility has been celebrated as a symbol of green progress, but behind the accolades lies a growing concern: the continent’s neglect of autonomous vehicle technology. Markus Villig, the CEO of Estonian mobility giant Bolt, has cautioned that the European Union is...

ECB President Christine Lagarde stated during a session at the International Monetary Fund's annual meetings that the existing level of the European Central Bank's key interest rates equips the regulator to handle any challenges the global economy might encounter. Lagarde stated that risks to...

The recent claim by former U.S. President Donald Trump that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to stop buying oil from Russia has echoed through diplomatic corridors, trade circles, and energy markets alike. Behind the headline lies a tangled weave of geopolitical strategy, market...

Italy’s decades-long determination to hold on to its gold reserves, often seen as a conservative relic of the past, has emerged as one of the country’s smartest economic decisions in recent history. As global gold prices climb to record highs, Rome’s insistence on preserving its bullion stockpile...

Forecast from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group indicate that the global output of lead and zinc will surpass demand in 2025 and 2026. Refined lead output is anticipated to rise by 2% this year, reaching 13.34 million tonnes. The rise will mainly result from higher output in Canada,...

Approximately 54% of fund managers polled by Bank of America think that technology shares are overvalued, according to Bloomberg. The agency observes that this is the highest percentage of respondents who think that stocks related to artificial intelligence are in a bubble. BofA carried out the...