BEIJING (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot began a two-day visit to China on Thursday during which he is to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart on Ukraine and longstanding trade disputes between China and Europe. Barrot went into a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shortly before noon, to be followed by…
There is a real possibility the world’s biggest economy is heading toward a recession and it is threatening to drag the world’s biggest share market into a crash. Justin Wolfers, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan, is concerned US President Donald Trump’s “chaotic” tariff policy is hurting business confidence…
“I think everybody’s going to be worried about Trump’s tariffs because that’s one of the things in his playbook. And so we’ll have to see how things develop in the early stages of his presidency this time,” said Neil Newman, head of strategy for Astris Advisory Japan. In Seoul, the Kospi rebounded to pick up…