Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Global trade in green goods is booming—reaching $1.9 trillion in 2022, a $100 billion increase from 2021. The World Trade Organization ...

an action that follows the US increasing tariffs on Chinese goods and tensions over trade policies. China said it is raising its retaliatory tariff on the US to 84%, up from 34%, effective Thursday.

India’s goods trade deficit was down to a 42-month low of $14.05 billion as imports of gold, silver and crude dipped in February 2025, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

DOMESTIC TRADE in goods grew by 23.1% to P1.31 trillion in 2024, reflecting the uptick in overall economic activity, analysts said. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Commodity ...

Beijing announced a new round of 50 percent tariffs in response to President Trump’s latest levies as the trade conflict between ... The latest Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods took effect one ...

(Alexis Haulot/European Union) The European Union is exploring the purchase of more American products to reduce its deficit in goods with the ... European Parliament trade committee chair Bernd ...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed in February amid a rise in exports, which could temper economists' expectations for a sharp slowdown in economic growth in ...

China unveiled retaliatory tariffs of 84% on imports of US goods on Wednesday, matching additional tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day and further inflaming a trade war ...

President Trump’s jumbo tariffs on China threaten to create a new problem for a global economy already stressed over trade: a $400 billion deluge of Chinese goods looking for new markets.

India’s goods exports in February 2025 fell 10.85 per cent (year-on-year) to $36.91 billion, the fourth consecutive month of decline, in the backdrop of US’ reciprocal tariff threat ...

President Donald Trump raised Chinese import tariffs to 125% Wednesday, hours after Beijing imposed an 84% retaliatory levy on U.S. goods as the global trade war intensified. "Based on the lack of ...