German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Donald Trump’s tariff policies increase the risk of a financial crisis and advocated for a U.S.-European free trade agreement, picking up on an idea th ...

Germany stands at a political and economic crossroads. The elevation of Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic ...

The slumping dollar and increase in yields on U.S. government bonds were signs that the world’s faith in the United States ...

Germany's conservative and center-left parties are eager to reach a coalition deal, given the many uncertainties abroad. One ...

Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the ...

The agreement establishing a coalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) underscores ...

TOKYO/PARIS] America’s trading partners around the globe reacted with a mixture of relief and bewilderment to US President ...

Green politician Ricarda Lang, known for her mischievous humour, suggested the coalition be named “BlackRot” to symbolise ...

The coalition negotiations between the social democratic SPD and conservative right CDU/CSU are going surprisingly smoothly, ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

German’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

US stocks were volatile in midday trading on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 briefly falling 0.4 per cent before recovering to trade roughly flat, as investors contend with the fallout from Donald Trump’s ...