WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off government contracts with companies owned by billionaire Elon Musk, as the alliance between the world's most powerful ...

Athena Tong is a researcher at the University of Tokyo and at the China Strategic Risks Institute. Cartus You is a researcher at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and a policy assistant at DSET.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday against his ally Elon Musk, saying he was "disappointed" by the billionaire's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and ...

TOKYO -- The 90-day pause the Trump administration has granted for negotiating trade agreements is set to end in a little over month, but no Asian nations have yet to reach a deal on lowering tariffs.

TOKYO -- Despite growing headwinds from trade friction, one in five Japanese companies expects to achieve record profits in ...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Most U.S. allies at NATO endorse President Donald Trump's demand that they invest 5% of gross domestic ...

The benchmark MSCI All Countries World Index, using local currencies and excluding dividends, rose to 1,060.787 on Wednesday -- nearly 2% below the record high marked on Feb. 18. The ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- The European Central Bank cut interest rates as expected on Thursday but hinted at a pause in its year-long easing cycle after inflation finally returned to its 2% target.

NEW YORK -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to begin a new round of trade talks on Thursday in their first reported conversation since since the two countries began ...

Open disagreements, competition and confusion among Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have made it hard for the Japanese ...

NEW YORK -- The global trade deficit for the U.S. shrank by 46% to $87.4 billion in April as the flow of goods from Asia came to a halt following President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff policies ...

NEW YORK -- Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, according to Chinese state media Xinhua news agency, ending a monthslong standoff.