Trade

Russia and China have spent years building stronger economic ties, including a $55 billion gas pipeline and Russia’s increased usage of China’s yuan.

Customs and Border Protection is scrutinizing imports from China's Xinjiang region under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Solar panels are the most commonly flagged product.

Lawmakers offered the bipartisan American Beef Labeling Act to reinstate mandatory country-of-origin labeling rules for beef products to promote transparency for consumers.

Maersk and MSC will end 2M Shipping alliance in 2025; comes as supply chain issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have alleviated and global demand for trade has fallen.

The U.S. incentives, included in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, have spurred companies to rethink where to spend billions of investment dollars.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen steps into a superpower trade and political battleground over Africa with Russia and China, as her tour of the continent takes her to South Africa on Tuesday.

Concern about a recession, rising competition with China, runaway inflation, and decoupling economically in an increasingly divided world dominated the week.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos was filled with optimism about a return to economic growth, but many remain skeptical.

The World Economic Forum, known as Davos for the Swiss town that hosts it, will focus this year on climate change, global stability and economic headwinds.

The U.S. and Taiwan are holding the first formal negotiations toward a trade agreement between the two countries that has drawn the ire of the Chinese government.

The governments of the U.S. and Japan formed a task force to eliminate the use of forced labor and protect human rights in international supply chains.

Like inflation, prices are unlikely to fall to pre-pandemic levels as global economy, and international trade face recessionary pressures and converging crises.

A report by the Rhodium Group estimates that a blockade of Taiwan by China could cause a "catastrophic" disruption of more than $2 trillion in global economic activity.

After Europe struck back with protectionism of its own, the US is lowering barriers to keep allies happy as it uses the Inflation Act to decouple from China.

The EU believes Exxon and Chevron capitalized on an energy crisis and should be fined. The companies, want the money to invest in energy infrastructure.

As Finland looks to distance itself from Russia and join NATO, it sees energy security as an important step and LNG capacity is crucial to independence.

The EU puts legislation in place to counter the Inflation Reduction Act's subsidies; marks the beginning of a potential trade war with both the US and China.

Microsoft challenged the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block the software giant's acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. for $68.7 billion.

As countries turn away from Russia after it invaded Ukraine, the US has become more attractive. This new demand could push US energy production higher.

China filed a dispute at the World Trade Organization against the U.S. over export controls on advanced semiconductors and computer chips.