Trump signs proclamation amending tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports
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Factories face soaring costs as Iran war causes supply shocks
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Workers’ rights under growing threat worldwide, says report
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Huge state subsidies give China unfair edge over foreign rivals: OECD
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Gold prices fall
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Indian steelmakers grapple with resurgence of cheap Chinese imports
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Remittance crosses $3 billion mark for sixth consecutive month
1 June 2026, 18:15 PM
Business
Oil rises as US, Iran trade strikes, Israel moves further into Lebanon
1 June 2026, 16:23 PM
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Sri Lanka raises fuel prices
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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India scraps cotton import duty to aid exporters
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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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