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GLOBAL ECONOMY

The European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas (left) and Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic present EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico trade agreements in Brussels last month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2025
Hit by Trump tariffs, rest of world races to forge new trade alliances
New trade pacts may not fully compensate for losses in commerce with a more protectionist America, but rival economies have been spurred into action nonetheless.
People work at an automotive parts factory in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on April 11. Export powerhouse Japan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2025
Asian factories struggle as soft China and U.S. demand takes toll
Export powerhouse Japan and global tech hub Taiwan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September, leaving businesses in Asia on fragile footing.
The U.S. dollar has weakened 9.75% since the start of the year against a basket of major trading partners.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025
Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, report shows
Total debt in emerging markets rose by $3.4 trillion in the second quarter to a record high of more than $109 trillion.
A logistics center near Tianjin Port, in northern China. The country's economy is expected to grow 4.9% this year before slowing to 4.4% in 2026.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 23, 2025
Full impact of U.S. tariff shock yet to come as growth holds up, OECD says
In its latest Economic Outlook Interim Report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the full impact of U.S. tariff hikes was still unfolding.
Gantry cranes and container ships at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai on May 14. China is hurtling toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2025
China floods the world with cheap exports after Trump's tariffs
The export surge is causing governments to weigh the potential damage to their domestic industries against the risk of antagonizing Beijing.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in likely blow to tech
Trump's threat to crack down on H-1B visas has become a major flash point with the tech industry, which contributed millions of dollars to his presidential campaign.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2025
Trump’s economic team is short some key players amid staff churn
Vacancies stretch across agencies from the Internal Revenue Service to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, both of which are without permanent leaders.
A view of the city skyline in Shanghai. Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during U.S. President Donald Trump's first eight months in office, but the global economy has kept growing.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2025
Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now
While many players worry that things could still unravel given the right spark, it is a far cry from the most dour predictions early in Trump's term.
European Commission Executive Vice President Stephane Sejourne
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2025
EU wants to boost economic security cooperation with Japan
Stephane Sejourne said that together, the EU and Japan should tackle issues such as China's overproduction and U.S. protectionist trade policies.
South Korea’s lack of a free trade deal with Mexico puts it at a disadvantage to Japanese rival carmakers.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2025
Mexican tariffs give Japan’s carmakers an edge over Korean rivals
Higher tariffs are expected to apply to a list of more than 1,400 categories of products coming from countries with which Mexico has no trade agreement.
Geopolitical shifts, technological transformation and climate change are reshaping, not reversing, globalization.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2025
What happens next to globalization?
For starters, the rise of China and other economies is bringing an end to the postwar world order dominated by the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump South Korean leader and Lee Jae Myung meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Aug. 25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025
U.S. and South Korea in deadlock over $350 billion investment fund
Seoul has been emphasizing to U.S. officials that it cannot accept the same terms as Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge finalized last week.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court to review Trump tariffs on fast-track schedule
The justices said they will hear arguments in the first week of November, an unusually aggressive schedule that suggests the court will try to resolve the case quickly.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with members of his Cabinet and members of Congress, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2025
Trump signs order offering some tariff exemptions to countries with U.S. trade deals
The exemptions could come for trading partners who strike deals on exports of certain metals, as well as pharmaceutical compounds and chemicals.
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as he signs executive orders at the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for big changes at Fed
Bessent called for renewed scrutiny of the Federal Reserve, including its power to set interest rates, saying the "Fed must change course."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025
Trump says India offered to reduce tariffs on U.S. goods to zero
The U.S. president's remarks came even as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making public shows of solidarity with the Chinese and Russian leaders.
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 30, 2025
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
The court allowed the tariffs to remain in place through Oct. 14 to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lisa Cook (right) is sworn in to become a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by Powell, at the central bank's headquarters in Washington on May 23. Trump this week said he is firing Cook over alleged improprieties in obtaining mortgage loans.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2025
Fed's credibility is an asset whose decline could be costly
Once eroded, markets will see monetary policy decisions from the central bank as likely to be more politically motivated.
(Left) Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde (second from left), Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda (third from left) and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pose for a picture during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2025
Central bankers fear being caught in Federal Reserve's storm
Politically motivated attacks on the Fed could spill over to the rest of the world.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell attends the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2025
U.S. Fed chair opens door to rate cut as Trump steps up pressure
But Fed chief Jerome Powell also continued to argue that policymakers must guard against the prospect that President Donald Trump’s tariffs lead to persistent inflation.
A secret no more: Russia and North Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit
A woman visits an exhibition of North Korean art at a museum in Moscow on Monday.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Koizumi and Takaichi continue to lead in LDP presidential race, polls show
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) reacts as former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election Candidate Debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on Sept. 24. Koizumi and Takaichi remain head-to-head in the race, media polls show.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
Same-sex partners recognized under more laws in Japan
A couple poses with the rainbow flag, which they brought from their home for a wedding photoshoot in Tokyo in November 2023.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday

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