Tariffs and trade

President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shake hands in 2019 before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.
North America

Trump and Xi Jinping meet at a temporary trade truce just days after China purchased its first U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest

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October 30, 2025
Why ASEAN membership matters for Southeast Asia’s smallest economy: It’s a ‘credible signal’ of stability to wary international investors
Asia

Why ASEAN membership matters for Southeast Asia’s smallest economy: It’s a ‘credible signal’ of stability to wary international investors

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October 30, 2025
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference at the end of a Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2025. The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its second consecutive quarter-point rate cut to bolster the flagging labor market, unveiling a decision that highlighted the growing division in its ranks. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Banking

Powell warns not to count on a December rate cut just yet—the Fed is extremely divided, and a further cut is ‘not a foregone conclusion. Far from it’

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October 29, 2025
President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they attend a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyoeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.
Asia

Gold-adorned brownies, gold medal crowns: Seoul turns up the pomp to impress Trump, and it seems to be working

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
October 29, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake hands before their summit talk at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.
Asia

Trump tells Japan’s first woman Prime Minister she has a ‘very strong handshake’ in Tokyo meeting

By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
October 28, 2025
Sunny Verghese, CEO of food and ag company Olam Group, speaks at Fortune Global Forum in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Conferences

The world is about $4.5 trillion short of securing a sustainable food supply for the future, global food and ag business CEO says

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October 28, 2025
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Conferences

WTO director-general says calling the trade wars the greatest disruption since the 1930s is ‘the understatement of the century’—but it’s not a repeat

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October 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (R) at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on October 26, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
North America

Lula says a U.S.-Brazil trade deal is close after ‘very good’ Trump meeting—and insists Bolsonaro is ‘part of the past’

By Eileen Ng and The Associated Press
October 27, 2025
The world is headed for re-globalization not de-globalization, as ‘coalitions of the willing’ emerge, Mastercard chair and former USTR official says
Conferences

The world is headed for re-globalization not de-globalization, as ‘coalitions of the willing’ emerge, Mastercard chair and former USTR official says

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October 27, 2025
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Economy

Gold plunges below $4,000 as U.S.-China truce erodes haven demand

By Yvonne Yue Li, Sybilla Gross, Yihui Xie and Bloomberg
October 27, 2025
Trump, Lula
North America

Brazil’s Lula confident of U.S. trade deal after Trump talks: ‘He guaranteed to me that we will reach an agreement’

By Eileen Ng and The Associated Press
October 27, 2025
China asks U.S. to protect ‘hard-won’ results before Xi-Trump meeting
Asia

China asks U.S. to protect ‘hard-won’ results before Xi-Trump meeting

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October 27, 2025
Dow futures jump 300 points as U.S.-China trade war heads for ceasefire while Wall Street eyes another Fed rate cut and earnings from AI giants
North America

Dow futures jump 300 points as U.S.-China trade war heads for ceasefire while Wall Street eyes another Fed rate cut and earnings from AI giants

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October 26, 2025
Bessent calls anti-tariff Reagan ad ‘psy-ops’ and says the U.S. rescue of Argentina still counts as ‘America first’ because it helps an ally
Economy

Bessent calls anti-tariff Reagan ad ‘psy-ops’ and says the U.S. rescue of Argentina still counts as ‘America first’ because it helps an ally

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October 26, 2025
China will make ‘substantial’ purchases of U.S. soybeans and should avoid an extra 100% tariff, says Bessent—who reveals he’s also a farmer
Economy

China will make ‘substantial’ purchases of U.S. soybeans and should avoid an extra 100% tariff, says Bessent—who reveals he’s also a farmer

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October 26, 2025

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