Scott Bessent tried to polish the president’s big economic policy turd at his confirmation hearing. It’s still a turd.

During his election campaign, Donald Trump had said “tariff” is his “favourite word in the dictionary” and that he would use ...

As President Trump entered his second term, the trade war he started with China and which former President Biden kept in place suggests taming the deficit to ...

Base metal prices fall, with LME three-month copper down 0.7% at $9,229 a metric ton and LME three-month aluminum down 0.6% at $2,635 a ton. Metal prices have drifted lower in the absence of firm ...

It’s fair to say the macro data is all second tier now that Trump has been sworn in and is about to inundate the world with ...

Chinese companies moved production to Mexico to have tariff-free access to the US market under the USMCA trade deal. With President-elect Donald Trump now threatening tariffs, these companies and ...

Our fortnightly column also highlights attacks on the LGBT community in Russia, fentanyl production in Mexico, and a New York ...

Among the “Plan Mexico” priorities are to speed up the permit process for exporting manufacturers that import materials ...

China has strengthened trade with Latin America at the expense of the U.S. But Donald Trump, who threatens to raise tariffs ...

US imports from China shown in the graph below show a dramatic decline post ... FDI to areas where US tariffs would be low: ...

Trudeau out, Trump in, tariffs up, trade down – as Canadians embark on 2025, it’s clear this will be a year of upheaval ...

Russia, Mexico and United Arab ... stimulus in 2009. The line chart shows the share of new energy vehicle sales and sales of other fuel type cars in China. More than 6.6 million cars sold last ...