As trade deficit grows, EU to urge Vietnam to remove barriers, sources say
HANOI — European Union (EU) officials plan to press Vietnam on Friday to lift administrative barriers on EU goods, as the bloc’s trade deficit...
Canadian PM expects ‘constructive’ trade talks with China to deepen
CANADIAN Prime Minister (PM) Mark Carney said he had “constructive” trade talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and expected the dialogue to deepen over...
US to seal Southeast Asia trade deals in coming months, trade representative says
KUALA LUMPUR — The United States expectsto finalise trade deals with more Southeast Asian countries in the coming months, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer...
Who stopped the UN escalator? Likely Trump’s videographer, says UN
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after US President Donald Trump...
China to forego Special and Differential Treatment in future WTO negotiations
GENEVA - China announced on Tuesday it will forego asking for the benefits it gains from its developing country status at the World Trade...
Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally
President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on...
TikTok collected sensitive data on Canadian children, investigation finds
OTTAWA - TikTok has agreed to improve its measures to keep children off its website and app after a Canadian investigation found its efforts...
Trump tells world leaders their countries are ‘going to hell’ in combative UN speech
UNITED NATIONS - US President Donald Trump argued for lower levels of global migration and urged a turn away from climate change policies on...
Indonesia, EU seal trade deal, hope to offset Trump tariffs
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Indonesia and the European Union concluded a free trade agreement on Tuesday after nine years of talks, with both aiming...
Drones that shut Copenhagen Airport flown by ‘capable operator,’ Danish police say
COPENHAGEN — Danish police said on Tuesday that drones that shut the country’s main airport on Monday appeared to have been flown by “a...
Russia targets Ukraine’s lifeline railways with ‘systematic’ attacks — CEO
KYIV — Russia has unleashed a massive wave of attacks on Ukraine’s railways since the summer, using new tactics to hit key nodes with...
OECD says full brunt of US tariff shock yet to come as growth holds...
PARIS — Global growth is holding up better than expected, but the full brunt of the US import tariff shock is still to be...