Chinese Premier Li Keqiang railed against "unilateralism" on Wednesday in a veiled allusion to the trade fight with the United States, and threw his weight behind further opening of the world's second largest economy. Speaking at the summer session of the World Economic Forum in the eastern...

The latest round of tariffs imposed on China imposed by President Donald Trump appeared to largely spare Apple and other consumer electronics makers but they face increasing threats from the deepening trade war between the two economic giants. US officials on Monday slapped the tariffs on...

China Tuesday announced tariffs on US goods worth $60 billion in retaliation for President Donald Trump's decision to slap duties on $200 billion in Chinese products next week. Tariffs of between five and 10 percent will take effect on some 5,200 US products on Monday, on the same day...

US President Donald Trump has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports and could make the announcement in the coming days, US media reported. Citing anonymous sources, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal reported that the tariffs would be set at 10 percent....

A trade union leader said Saturday police in Turkey have rounded up hundreds of construction workers at Istanbul's new airport after they staged a protest denouncing poor working conditions. Arzu Cerkezoglu, head of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey, or DISK, told The...

Canada is working on a project for reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and aims to organize international talks on the subject next month, Canadian sources said Friday as US pressure on the body mounts. President Donald Trump threatened late last month to pull his country out...

Asian markets extended their gains Friday on hopes for China-US trade talks, while Turkey's lira held up after a shock hike in the country's interest rate and a dip in US inflation. After a tumultuous start to the month, investors finally had something to smile about Thursday after Treasury...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he was launching a philanthropic fund with a $2 billion initial commitment to help homeless families and launch preschools in low-income communities. The world's richest individual made the announcement on Twitter a year after asking for ideas on how he...

Japan and Vietnam on Thursday urged the United States to rejoin a sprawling Pacific trade deal, almost two years after President Donald Trump's withdrawal dealt a major blow to what would have been the world's largest free trade pact. Trump pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

Mexico said Wednesday it was optimistic the US and Canada would reach a trade deal "in the coming days," as its top North American trade negotiator and foreign minister jetted to Washington. The movement on the Mexican side was the latest sign of progress in efforts to salvage the North...

Spending by tourists visiting the United States inched higher in 2017, setting a new record and accounting for about a tenth of all US exports, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Nearly 77 million international visitors -- including pleasure-seekers, students and medical...

Syrian regime media says the nation's Exporters' Union on Monday signed agreements with Iraqi, Kuwaiti, and Russian companies to export agricultural products to their markets. Syria's regime is looking for trade and investment partners through its annual Damascus International Fair to...

As Volkswagen faces the wrath of investors in the first mass "dieselgate" lawsuit on its home turf, here's a look at how the emissions cheating was uncovered and the fallout for the auto giant: - 2014 - US researchers at the University of West Virginia discover that certain VW...

The Paris city council member in charge of housing said Thursday that he would propose outlawing home rentals via Airbnb and other websites in the city centre, accusing the company of forcing residents out of the French capital. Ian Brossat told AFP he would also seek to prohibit the...

Share prices on the Saudi stock exchange dived on Wednesday after a panic selloff on concerns a downturn in emerging markets could hit the oil-rich Gulf kingdom. The Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) dipped 3.1 percent to a five-month low of 7,719.10 points, partly recovering early losses...

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund has named Andrew Liveris, the former chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical, as a special adviser, in its highest-profile appointment of any global manufacturing executive. Liveris will work closely with the Public Investment Fund on matters of strategic...

(EQTSAD)- The number of Syrians in Saudi Arabia is decreasing due to the strict measures and restrictions of the Kingdom over the residents, in addition to the large costs necessary to the renewal of residency annually, which exceeded SAR 12,000 per person (about $ 3,200).  “The...

The Arab world’s biggest bourse is losing its appeal to foreigners just two months after it won inclusion in MSCI Inc.’s emerging-market index. That’s because the initial euphoria surrounding Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s economy has given way to skepticism...

The Turkish lira showed no sign of recovery as it slid further against the US dollar on Wednesday, hours after Moody's downgraded its credit ratings on 20 Turkish financial institutions. The currency has been hit by concerns over monetary policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company would continue to be publicly traded, weeks after suggesting that he would take the pioneering electric carmaker private. Musk met Tesla's board of directors on Thursday "and let them know that I believe the better path is for Tesla to...