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...

President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on Truth Social that the United States will levy a 25 percent tariff on all Indian imports beginning August 1 has sent shockwaves through both governments’ trade teams. The move comes just as negotiators in Washington and New Delhi had been working...

U.S. gross domestic product surged at a 3.0 percent annualized rate in the April–June period, snapping the economy out of a 0.5 percent contraction in the first quarter. The headline jump surprised many forecasters, but much of the gain came from a volatile reversal in imports rather than a...

U.S. and Chinese negotiators reconvened in Stockholm this week with an eye toward not only renewing the existing tariff moratorium but also expanding the framework and timeline of discussions. After mid-May’s agreement to pause new duties for 90 days, both sides are weighing extensions that could...

The European Central Bank (ECB) will overhaul its collateral rules in the second half of 2026 to introduce a formal “climate factor” when lending to banks, marking a landmark step in aligning monetary policy tools with the bloc’s environmental objectives. By adjusting the valuation of assets used...