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Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs

The United States is India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totalling some $129 billion in 2024
15 May 2025, 08:14 AM

UK economy beats forecast to grow 0.7% in first quarter

Gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent in the January-to-March period
15 May 2025, 07:07 AM

Nissan is rolling out big cuts. Turning around sales will prove harder

Nissan's sales have plunged 42 percent since the 2017 business year
15 May 2025, 05:16 AM

Stocks drop as fresh trade news awaited, oil down on Iran hopes

News that Beijing was suspending some non-tariff countermeasures on US entities for 90 days following the superpowers' weekend truce did little to inject much more enthusiasm
15 May 2025, 05:12 AM

Boeing April deliveries hit by US-China trade war

Boeing commercial plane deliveries rose slightly in April despite a hit from the US trade war with China, according to figures released Tuesday.
14 May 2025, 18:00 PM

US companies fret despite China tariff reprieve

President Donald Trump’s rollercoaster tariff row with Beijing has wreaked havoc on US companies that rely on Chinese manufacturing, with a temporary de-escalation only expected to partially calm the storm, analysts and business owners say.
14 May 2025, 18:00 PM

China, US slash sweeping tariffs in trade war climbdown

The United States and China slashed sweeping tariffs on each others’ goods for 90 days on Wednesday, after a temporary ceasefire in a brutal trade war that roiled global markets and international supply chains.
14 May 2025, 18:00 PM

'Panic and paralysis': US firms fret despite China tariff reprieve

Trump's escalating trade war since his return to office saw US duties on Chinese goods -- including toys -- reach a whopping 145 percent
14 May 2025, 08:01 AM

US inflation cooled in April as Trump began tariff rollout

he consumer price index (CPI) eased to 2.3 percent in April
14 May 2025, 07:00 AM

US President Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can Southeast Asia get a break, too?

It took one weekend in Geneva for US President Donald Trump to roll back what has been seen till now as the raison d’etre of his presidency
14 May 2025, 05:06 AM

Trump says 'very strong' trade deal with China will see it 'open up'

US President Donald Trump said Washington had the blueprint for a "very, very strong" trade deal with China
14 May 2025, 02:30 AM

China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks

China has lifted a ban on domestic airlines accepting new Boeing aircraft, a report said Tuesday, after Beijing and Washington agreed to temporarily lower tariffs in a major de-escalation of their trade war.
13 May 2025, 18:00 PM

US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on ‘China-plus-one’ countries

A new US-China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other is pressuring manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and Mexico to make their own, better deals with the US to continue benefiting from a “China-plus-one” strategy by global producers.
13 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Bepza secures $480 million investment this fiscal year so far

Today, Chinese firm Qingdao Dongfang agreed to invest $4.5 million in Ishwardi EPZ
13 May 2025, 11:46 AM

China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks: report

Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes due to huge tit-for-tat levies imposed by both sides.
13 May 2025, 08:03 AM

US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on 'China-plus-one' countries

Now, everything is up in the air again following a breakthrough in US-China trade talks
13 May 2025, 06:48 AM

Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce

Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar
13 May 2025, 05:26 AM

China commits about $10 billion in credit lines to Latin America

President Xi Jinping delivered a speech to kick off a ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum
13 May 2025, 04:28 AM

Trade war de-escalation: US, China reach deal to slash tariffs

The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations as the world’s two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war that has stoked fears of recession and roiled financial markets.
12 May 2025, 18:23 PM

Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year

Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.
12 May 2025, 18:04 PM