Indonesia鈥檚 state oil company and agricultural firms have signed deals to increase their purchases of US goods, the country鈥檚 chief economic minister told AFP on Wednesday, as Jakarta lays the groundwork to avoid the worst of president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs...
Europe鈥檚 largest automaker Volkswagen said Wednesday that sales into the United States had taken a hit, underscoring the impact of president Donald Trump鈥檚 drastic trade measures...
President Donald Trump has said the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, triggering Russian criticism after Moscow claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbour...
Qatar said Tuesday more time was needed for negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after US president Donald Trump voiced optimism about a possible breakthrough...
US president Donald Trump reignited his trade war by threatening more than a dozen countries with higher tariffs Monday鈥攂ut then said he may be flexible on his new August deadline to reach deals...
Economists and exporters have said that the 35 per cent tariff that the United States announced for Bangladeshi goods would be a major blow to the country鈥檚 businesses...
Bangladesh has pinned its hope on the ongoing negotiation to avert 35 per cent US tariff on its exports threatened by president Donald Trump in a letter to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday...
Iran said Tuesday it has not made any request for talks with the United States, after president Donald Trump said Tehran was seeking negotiations following last month鈥檚 war with Israel...
US-Brazil relations slid into crisis Monday after president Donald Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of his right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro...
As Cambodian garment workers took breaks from toiling in sweltering factories on Tuesday, they feared for their jobs after US President Donald Trump鈥檚 threat to impose a 36 percent tariff...
Donald Trump sent letters to 14 countries, mainly in Asia, informing them that higher import tariffs will kick in on August 1 unless they reach a deal with the United States...
Major stock markets mostly rose Tuesday after President Donald Trump extended his tariffs deadline and hinted at a further pushback, though uncertainty over US trade policy capped gains...
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to delay implementing major tariff hikes on most trading partners may have offered some relief, but the extension is also prolonging global trade uncertainty, the UN warned Tuesday...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, presenting the US president with a letter he sent to the prize committee.
Indonesia鈥檚 flour mills association will sign a deal to import at least one million metric tons of US wheat annually for the next five years in a $1.25 billion deal, it told AFP Monday, as Jakarta lays the groundwork to avoid the worst of Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs...
US President Donald Trump unveiled higher tariffs for Japan, South Korea and a dozen other countries in a push for new trade deals Monday -- but extended the deadline for the steeper levies to kick in until August.
Israel and Hamas held indirect talks in Qatar on Monday, according to a Palestinian official, ahead of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump, who is pushing for a deal on Gaza...
US president Donald Trump threatened China, India and some of the world鈥檚 fastest-emerging economies with higher import tariffs, hitting back at BRICS鈥� criticism of his trade policies as the bloc met Monday...
Stock markets diverged while the dollar strengthened Monday as countries fought to hammer out trade deals days before US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff deadline...
THE ceasefire between Iran and Israel 鈥� declared hastily and with much fanfare by the US president Donald Trump 鈥� is already beginning to look less like a diplomatic victory and more like a strategic illusion. What was sold as a decisive end to hostilities may turn out to be a temporary lull before the next eruption. And the consequences of that miscalculation may be far...
United States president Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk鈥檚 launching of a new political party as 鈥榬idiculous,鈥� deepening the Republican鈥檚 feud with the man who was once his biggest backer...
US tariffs will kick in on August 1 if trading partners from Taiwan to the European Union do not strike deals with Washington, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.
BRICS, representing half the world鈥檚 population and 40 per cent of global economic output, is divided about much, but has found common cause when it comes to mercurial Trump and his tariff wars...
Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US president Donald Trump, said on Saturday that he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country鈥檚 鈥榦ne-party system.鈥�..
US president Donald Trump signed his flagship tax and spending bill into law Friday, capping a grandiose White House Independence Day ceremony featuring a stealth bomber fly-by.
South America鈥檚 Mercosur bloc sought Thursday to expand its markets in the face of US president Donald Trump鈥檚 global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies.
BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump鈥檚 hardline trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.
US president Donald Trump said Russia just wanted to 鈥榢eep killing people鈥� and hinted at sanctions after Moscow launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the three-year-old war...
A summit of BRICS nations will convene in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and Monday, with members hoping to weigh in on global crises while tiptoeing around US president Donald Trump鈥檚 policies.
US president Donald Trump will sign his flagship tax and spending bill Friday in a pomp-laden Independence Day ceremony featuring fireworks and a flypast by the type of stealth bomber that bombed Iran.