U.S. Customs agency issues tariff increase notice, allows grace period
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), owned by Hutchison Port Holdings, as part of the Kwai…
Disease to cut China pig meat output by at least 10 percent: FAO
LONDON (Reuters) – An African Swine Fever outbreak is expected to cut China’s pig meat output by at least 10…
Seeking to avert higher tariffs, China dispatches top negotiator to U.S.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for two days of trade talks this week,…
Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a…
Stocks slip, dollar drifts after Fed cools rate cut bets
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar nursed overnight gains while Europe’s share markets struggled early on, after the U.S. central bank…
Europe wants to sign Belt and Road MOU as a group: German minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – Major European Union countries want to sign a memorandum of understanding on China’s Belt and Road initiative…
Bank results curb Wall Street, oil falls as Russia mulls production boost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Underwhelming quarterly results from U.S. banks limited gains in world stocks on Monday, and oil prices…
U.S. to press allies to keep Huawei out of 5G in Prague meeting: sources
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The United States will push its allies at a meeting in Prague next month to adopt shared…
EU says it is ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and…
U.S., China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they…
Stocks edge higher as crude oil gains
NEW YORK – A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns…
U.S. proposes list of EU goods for tariff retaliation against Airbus subsidies
FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau…
UK Prime Minister Theresa May ready to step down ‘earlier than expected’ to fully deliver Brexit as Parliament fails to agree on way forward
British Prime Minister Theresa May told U.K. lawmakers Wednesday that she was prepared to quit in order to deliver Brexit,…
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government Monday,…
Wall Street powers world stocks; dollar up on Brexit woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street led global stocks higher on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data, while…
U.S. shares falter, investors await U.S.-China trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes closed lower while the dollar edged higher on Monday, as investors appeared to…
U.S. says rejects WTO’s ‘straitjacket’ of trade obligations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration filed another salvo at the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying U.S. trade policy…
Facebook, Apple, Twitter and LinkedIn face investigations for violating European privacy laws
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Italian ruling-party lawmakers push for Huawei ban: paper
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Huawei Technologies in front of the German headquarters of the Chinese telecommunications group in Duesseldorf,…
Microsoft expands political security service to 12 European countries
FILE PHOTO: General view of Microsoft’s logo at Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Charles…
Honda to shut UK car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese car maker Honda is set to announce it’s closing its only British car plant in 2022…
U.S. agency submits auto tariff probe report to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department sent a report on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump that could unleash…
Honda to close UK car plant with the loss of 3,500 jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese carmaker Honda is set to announce the closure of its only British car plant in 2022…
EU clinches copyright overhaul deal, tech giants in focus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to rewrite its two-decades-old copyright rules which will force Alphabet Inc’s Google…
Trump says he will meet with China’s Xi to try to seal trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon to try…
Irish data watchdog investigates Twitter over privacy rules breach
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) – Twitter’s…
Tesla’s Model 3 gets green light in Europe
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during a media preview at the Auto China 2018 motor show…
Theresa May survives crucial no-confidence vote amid Brexit uncertainty
British Prime Minister Theresa May has narrowly survived a no-confidence vote just one day after suffering a historic defeat in…
McDonald’s loses ‘Big Mac’ trademark case to Irish chain Supermac’s
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) has lost its rights to the trademark “Big Mac” in a European Union case ruling…
Exclusive: Global traders halt new Iran food deals as U.S. sanctions bite – sources
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Cargill, Bunge and other global traders have halted food supply deals with Iran because new U.S. sanctions…
Tech giants in spotlight as EU lawmakers consider strong action
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and other tech giants face one of their biggest challenges this…
Merkel lauds G20 agreement on need for reform of world trade
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the plenary session at the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018.…
Trump says ‘long way to go’ on tariffs and China
U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter as he departs the White House for travel to Mississippi…
Exclusive: Visa, Mastercard offer tourist card fee cut in EU antitrust probe – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Visa and Mastercard have offered to trim the fees merchants pay on card payments by tourists in…
All-UK customs Brexit deal report is ‘speculation’: PM May’s office
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office has dismissed as “speculation” a newspaper report that suggests an all-UK…
Philips CEO says Brexit putting Britain at risk as manufacturing hub
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The chief executive of Philips (PHG.AS) said on Monday he was worried about the lack of progress…
Google to charge Android partners up to $40 per device for apps: source
(This Oct. 19 story has been refiled to fix wording in fourth paragraph) A 3D printed Android mascot Bugdroid is…
Ryanair CEO says sees no growth in Germany in 2019
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) does not expect to grow in Germany next year, after closing its bases in the…
A bridge too far
Following the collapse of a bridge in Genoa last month, experts worry about the stability of other European bridges… READ…
Daimler, BMW offer concessions to ease EU concerns on car-sharing deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German luxury carmakers Daimler (DAIGn.DE) and BMW (BMWG.DE) have offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about…
U.S. to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: Mnuchin
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that Washington wants to include a provision…
Mnuchin says U.S. will seek currency provision in trade deal with Japan, others
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday Washington would like to include a provision…
????Germany and Turkey aim for four-way talks on Syria l Al Jazeera English
Turkey’s president says he wants his citizens to have easier access to the European Union, as he continues a state…
UK seeks additional reassurances from Comcast on independence of Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has sought additional reassurances from cable company Comcast (CMCSA.O) over the editorial independence of the Sky…
Italy works on extending Alitalia loan deadline: source
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is working on an extension of as much as six months to a Dec. 15 deadline…
Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) deepening money laundering scandal dragged its shares to a four-year low on Friday as…
Soros-funded NGOs aiming to bring down our govt – Hungarian Foreign Minister
Hungary has had enough. The nation’s government has declared a battle against organizations funded by George Soros, calling for transparency…
EMA committee recommends restrictions on fluoroquinolone, quinolone antibiotics
(Reuters) – The European Medicines Agency’s risk assessment committee has recommended restrictions on the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics fluoroquinolone and…
Dollar and global bonds track surge in Treasury yields, stocks sag
LONDON (Reuters) – A rise in U.S. Treasury yields to their highest levels since mid-2011 pulled global bond yields higher…
Canadian dollar, stocks rise as NAFTA salvaged
LONDON (Reuters) – Optimism about a reconstituted free trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico and what it…