European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the European Union and the Philippines have agreed on a free trade deal following talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Von
Alphabet, the technology conglomerate behind Google, announced fourth-quarter revenue of $113.8 billion on Wednesday, an 18 percent increase year-on-year and slightly above Wall Street expectations. Net income rose 30 percent to $34.5
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China’s state-owned aluminium giant Chalco and Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Brazil’s Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) in a transaction valued at US$886 million, marking
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A packed global election calendar in 2026 is emerging as a fresh source of volatility for financial markets already unsettled by abrupt shifts in US policy and rising geopolitical tension. From Japan
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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine team as a “prosperity adviser,” marking a renewed effort by Washington to channel Western investment into the war-torn country. The
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OpenAI has reorganized its leadership and appointed a familiar executive to lead its push into the enterprise market, signaling a renewed urgency to regain ground against rivals that are steadily eating into
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by Durga Jamie Dimon’s conversation with The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes at the World Economic Forum in Davos was, in many ways, a warning shot fired across the bow of global
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The State of Qatar and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) confirmed on Tuesday that Doha will host the 9th World Investment Forum (WIF) from October 25 to 27,
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Global trade is entering 2026 under unprecedented strain, with slower economic growth, rising protectionism, geopolitical fragmentation, and rapid digital and environmental transitions converging to reshape the international economic landscape. According to the
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BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, reported a fourth-quarter profit that comfortably exceeded Wall Street expectations, buoyed by a robust rally in American financial markets and surging fee income. Assets under management
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Chief Executive Vincent Clerc said ethanol, primarily produced in the United States and Brazil, could diversify supply chains and distribute the economic “upside” of decarbonisation more evenly across nations. “If all the
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The online betting platform Polymarket has ignited a firestorm of criticism by refusing to pay out more than $10.5 million in wagers tied to whether the United States would “invade” Venezuela following
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A growing global shortage of memory chips is tightening the electronics supply chain and is likely to make smartphones and personal computers more expensive from 2026, according to new analysis by IDC.
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Russia’s pipeline exports of natural gas to China are expected to rise by about a quarter this year, underscoring Moscow’s accelerating pivot toward Asia as it seeks new markets following the breakdown
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An iPhone that costs about $100 less might not sound like a trade policy story, but in China’s Hainan Island, it is. As global trade faces rising tariffs and growing protectionism, China
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China has launched an ambitious free-trade experiment by transforming its southern island province of Hainan into a largely duty-free zone, a move officials hope will revive foreign investment and showcase Beijing’s commitment
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