BUENOS AIRES: The United States sought to woo Europe and Japan with free trade deals Saturday to gain leverage in an escalating tariff war with China, but its...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to help a Chinese telecommunication company that broke United States sanctions laws sparked a backlash from...
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she saw positive and negative effects from a “complicated” U.S....
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES: U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steep tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels Monday, giving a boost to Whirlpool...
WASHINGTON: The United States Wednesday laid down a tough line for modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, demanding major changes to the pact...
WASHINGTON: Global trade has brought benefits from increased productivity to lower prices but governments have not adequately helped workers and communities...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund Tuesday called on the group of 20 major economies to work together to preserve the benefits of trade and avoid...
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said Thursday that 48 governments have ratcheted up the fight against extreme poverty by committing $75 billion in new funds to the...
WASHINGTON: The world is swimming in a record $152 trillion in debt, the IMF said Wednesday, even as the institution encourages some countries to spend more...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund maintained its forecast for weak global growth Tuesday and warned that further stagnation will fuel more populist...
WASHINGTON: Armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are not only devastating the economies gripped by fighting, but are sapping growth in...
WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the institution will likely downgrade its 2016 global growth forecast again...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecasts for the next two years Tuesday, citing uncertainty over Britain’s looming exit...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast for the fourth time in the past year Tuesday, citing China’s slowdown, persistently...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $4.1-trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 Tuesday in a final White House budget that met immediate...
WASHINGTON: Wall Street trembled when Republicans first began threatening to force the United States into default by not raising the federal debt limit, but...
WASHINGTON: More prominent Democrats on Sunday cracked open the door for Vice President Joe Biden to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination...
WASHINGTON: A battle in Congress that could shut down the U.S. Export-Import Bank next week is already causing headaches for small exporters as they try to...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives averted a government shutdown Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous...
WASHINGTON: U.S. lawmakers scolded the head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday over a security breach that allowed a knife-wielding intruder to run deep...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal Wednesday to ease automatic spending cuts and reduce the risk of a government shutdown, but fights...
WASHINGTON: U.S. lawmakers launched an effort to resolve budget differences in a less confrontational fashion Thursday as Washington picked up the pieces from...
WASHINGTON: Senate Majority Harry Reid said Sunday that he was engaged in negotiations with Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and was...
WASHINGTON: Republicans and Democrats in Congress Wednesday saw signs of hope for a break in their fiscal impasse, as members of both parties floated the...
WASHINGTON: A 10-year, $4.6 trillion balanced budget proposal unveiled by Republicans on Tuesday could either be shelved within weeks or help jump-start...