Economy

Paris (AFP) - Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond...

Arlington (United States) (AFP) - American consumers braced for pain even ahead of President Donald Trump's hefty tariffs on imported...

Beijing (AFP) - China is trying to tariff-proof its economy by boosting consumption and investing in key industries, but analysts...

Hanoi (AFP) - The leaders of Spain and Vietnam pledged on Wednesday to upgrade ties to the highest level, as...

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring...

Mumbai (AFP) - India's central bank cut interest rates in the world's fifth-largest economy on Wednesday as US President Donald...

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU's plans to impose tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia in a bid to increase...

Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Even the most sumptuous cushions cannot ease the pain that Italian luxury furniture makers -- gathered...

Washington (AFP) - Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump's senior trade advisor Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and...

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina's Congress on Tuesday backed the creation of a commission of inquiry into a cryptocurrency promoted...