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Trump tariff deadline looms over Canada, Mexico, China trade
AFP, Published on 02/02/2025
» PALM BEACH (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump is due to unleash fresh tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, threatening upheaval across supply chains from energy to autos.
European Central Bank expected to press on with rate cuts
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» FRANKFURT - Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with interest rate cuts on Thursday as officials increasingly voice confidence that the fight against inflation is on track.
German economy shrinks again amid political crisis
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» FRANKFURT - Germany's economy shrank for a second straight year in 2024, official figures showed Wednesday, with little hope of a speedy recovery as Europe's traditional powerhouse is also mired in political crisis.
Move over Mercedes: Chinese cars grab Mexican market share
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» MEXICO CITY - The growing popularity of Chinese sport utility vehicles (SUV) and pickup trucks has shaken up Mexico's luxury car market, hitting sales of traditionally dominant brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW (Bavarian Motor Works).
Russian central bank holds off rate hike
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Russia's central bank kept interest rates at 21% on Friday despite surging inflation, a surprise decision that follows criticism from the country's political and business elite over the effects of higher borrowing costs on the economy.
Illegal mining, smuggling threaten Ghana cocoa industry
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» ACCRA - Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest — and blow to its crisis-hit economy — from illegal mining and smugglers, industry officials, farmers and activists warn.
Grip of Opec+ on oil market loosening
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for Opec+ to continue to prop up prices, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.
US consumer inflation slows in November
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Consumer inflation in the United States edged down for a second straight month in November, government data showed Tuesday, in encouraging news for policymakers seeking to get prices under control.
Oil prices fall after Opec+ postpones meeting
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» VIENNA - International oil prices fell Wednesday after a key ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies was pushed back from Sunday to Nov 30.
Tanking Alibaba drags Hong Kong as markets rally fades
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong led losses in Asian stock markets on Friday as Alibaba was hammered after saying it would cancel the planned spinoff of its cloud computing arm.