US-China trade talks: Is a thaw on the cards after Trump-Xi call? | Business and Economy News
Top US and Chinese officials are meeting in London in a bid to defuse trade tensions over rare earth minerals and advanced technology after a…
US and China to take second shot at averting trade war in London talks | Trade War News
Senior delegations expected to discuss fragile tariffs deal in bid to avert trade war between world’s two biggest economies.High-level delegations from the United States and…
India-Pakistan conflict claims an unlikely victim: Himalayan pink salt | Business and Economy
For the past three decades, Vipan Kumar has been importing Himalayan pink salt from Pakistan to sell in India. The 50-year-old trader who is based…
‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream | Labour Rights
Amid the relentless clatter of machinery, Ravi Kumar Gupta feeds a roaring steel furnace with scrap, blown metal and molten iron. He carefully adds chemicals…
Why are ice cream prices soaring this summer? | Agriculture News
Staying cool just got a little more expensive this summer. The price of coconut oil, a key ingredient in ice cream, has soared in 2025.…
Trump, Merz discuss trade, NATO spending and Russia’s war on Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the US to apply more pressure on Russia to end its three-year-old war on Ukraine. “You know that…
Trump speaks with China’s Xi amid trade, student visa tensions | Donald Trump News
US president previously said it was ‘hard to make a deal’ with the Chinese leader as talks continue over trade.United States President Donald Trump has…
Netherlands still backs Israeli F-35 ‘supply chain of death’: Report | Gaza News
The Netherlands is still supporting the supply chain of Israel’s version of the F-35 fighter jet, more than a year after a court banned direct…
Leaders of Canada and Mexico lash out at Trump steel tariff hike | Donald Trump News
The leaders of Canada and Mexico have criticised the latest hike in steel and aluminium tariffs under United States President Donald Trump, who increased import…
What is the ‘revenge tax’ in the US tax bill? | Donald Trump News
Tucked within the proposed “Big Beautiful Bill”, the more than 1,000-page tax and spending overhaul that United States President Donald Trump wants to see enacted…
US factory orders slump in April as spending on tariff anticipation fades | Business and Economy
Orders tumble by 3.7 percent after a rise in March when businesses increased purchases in anticipation of tariffs.Orders from United States factories have tumbled in…
India’s latest coffee hub? Beans and brews offer new hope to Nagaland | Agriculture
Dimapur, Mokokchung, Wokha, Chumoukedima and Kohima, India — With its high ceilings, soft lighting and brown and turquoise blue cushioned chairs, Juro Coffee House has…
Trump says US will lift steel tariffs to 50 percent at Pennsylvania rally | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has announced his administration is raising tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent. Speaking to steelworkers and…
Trump’s Gulf deals and political promises | Donald Trump
Money WorksDuring Trump’s tour of Gulf states in May, the US president was eager to talk about the deals he’d made and the investments he’d…
Japanese seafood set to return to China after Fukushima wastewater row | Fukushima News
Tokyo and Beijing are closing in on a deal to allow Japanese seafood exports to resume following 2023 ban.China and Japan are closing in on…
Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs | International Trade News
A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated (PDF) US President Donald Trump’s tariffs a day after a trade court ruled that it exceeded the authorities…
Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal: Will this end US trade war? | Trade War News
A United States trade court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s global reciprocal tariffs are illegal, finding that the president overstepped his authority by imposing…
US trade court rules Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are unlawful | Trade War News
Panel of judges finds the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from trading partners.A United States trade court has ruled that…
Trump tells US chip design software makers to halt China sales: Report | Technology News
US electronic design automation software makers were told via letters to stop supplies to China, the FT reported.United States President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered…
Gulf states, China take centre stage at summit of Southeast Asian nations | International Trade News
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to “chart a unified and collective path towards a…