The world economy is on edge this week as the United States closes in on a self-imposed deadline for fresh tariffs, ending 90 days of frantic negotiations that have kept businesses and governments ...

Japan's tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held "in-depth exchanges" over the phone with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ...

The potential accord with the European Union, which would spare European goods the 50 percent tariffs Trump has threatened, ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held detailed phone discussions with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday and Saturday in a bid to ease trade tensions. The talks come just ...

For decades, the alliance with Japan has been the cornerstone of U.S. security policy in East Asia. There are more than 80 ...

Major US trading partners scrambled over the weekend to finalize trade deals or lobby for extra time as President Donald ...

Japan is scrambling to head off steep new US tariffs, as last-ditch negotiations with President Donald Trump’s administration show few signs of progress. With a crucial tariff pause set to expire on ...

When the Berlin Wall fell nearly four decades ago, many in the West celebrated, believing that free market economics had finally put the scourge of centralized planning in the rearview mirror. But ...

T OKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday he won’t “easily compromise” in talks with Washington as Tokyo ...

The Trump administration is on the verge of closing its initial chapter in its dramatic changes of America's foreign economic ...

The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington on 1 July was of considerable consequence, especially as an indicator of how the Trump administration 2.0 viewed the plurilateral grouping of the US, India ...