Trade War

While risks cloud the horizon, economic data still look O.K., creating a complicated backdrop for the central bank. Businesses are hiring and consumers are spending, but Mr. Trumps ongoing trade war and prospects of an unruly Brexit have markets on edge. Mean…

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shares of FedEx plunged as much as 9% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company missed earnings expectations for the fiscal first quarter and lowered its profit guidance for 2020. FedEx CEO Frederick Smith s…

LG Display is the second-largest flat panel maker, but it's reportedly struggling as Chinese LCD rivals flood the market and push prices down. According to Reuters, in the second quarter, its operating loss reportedly widened to 369 billion won ($313 million)…

Oil shock hits a global economy that's already on shaky ground

Beijing (Reuters) - China’s property investment grew at its fastest pace in four months in August, a boon for the economy as other sectors weaken from the Sino-U.S. trade war and consumer demand slows. Sales growth accelerated to the highest in more than a …

For the 2020 Democratic hopefuls who have sought to challenge President Donald Trump on an economy that has consistently been one of his strongest arguments for reelection, trade has put them in an awkward spot. Democrats have historically favored a far to…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that Chinese companies have started to inquire about prices for U.S. agricultural goods purchases, in a further sign of a thaw emerging in a bitter trade war between the two countries. Speaking …

They took tariffs off, certain types, he said. I think it was a gesture. It was a big move. People were shocked. I wasnt shocked. Even so, China and the United States appear to have made little progress on the substantive differences that have prevented them…

China waives tariffs on some US goods for first time since the trade war began

Trump's trade war is triggering a 'sharp slowdown' among American small businesses