Protectionism

The results of India's recently concluded general elections don't augur well for the likes of Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart(NYSE:WMT). Both American retail giants will now have to work once again with a government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at lea…

Newly appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes charge at South Block, in New Delhi, Friday, May 31, 2019. (PTI Photo: Manvender Vashist) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the two-day meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank…

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the two-day meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Japan beginning June 8, said a government official. This will be the first overseas visit of Sitharaman as finance minister…

Washington (AFP) - The odds of a US recession by next year have increased sharply, with mounting protectionism continuing to pose the greatest economic threat, according to a business economic survey Monday. Nearly all the respondents to the quarterly survey…

SEOUL: Global airlines slashed a key industry profit forecast by 21per cent on Sunday amid concerns over an expanding trade war and higher oil prices. The International Air Transport Association, which represents about 290 carriers or more than 80 percent of…

Risk-off remains in play amid sluggish data, challenges to global trade and geopolitical worries. Sovereign bonds flash recession fears with an extended downturn. Asian stocks aptly portrayed gloomy market sentiment after the US President Donald Trump added…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin On Thursday evening, President Trump announced that he would impose a 5% tariff on all goods imports from Mexico, beginning on June 10.  Under the plan, the tariffs would steadily rise …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree during the commencement of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 30, 2019 | CJ Gunther/EPA-EFE Angela Merkel urged Harvard graduates Thursday to tear down w…

Tweet … is the closing line of George Wills latest and excellent column, “The vast incoherence of President Tariff Man“: Protectionism is yet another example of government being the disease for which it pretends to be the cure. DBx: With his tariffs, Trump…

In 1999, I and a gaggle of other San Francisco internet founders and CEOs went to an airfield, where we browsed private jets. It made sense that, at 34, I should have a one-bedroom apartment to transport me across the surface of the atmosphere at mach .8, bec…