When President Javier Milei of Argentina faced an economic meltdown, President Trump vowed to come to his aid. But that lifeline is coming at a cost.

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Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare earth controls.

Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.

The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow.

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China’s baby boom enriched a small Irish town where a Nestlé factory made formula for Chinese newborns. Then a baby bust unraveled it all. Or so it seemed.

Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America.

Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse.

A $20 billion loan to support Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, could come with economic and political risks.

China’s problem with competition is that it’s too brutal.

The overthrow of Nepal’s government is the latest in a series of uprisings among India’s neighbors, creating a political churn that complicates its ties.

Tariffs triggered a plunge in China’s exports to the United States, but its global trade surplus is larger because sales to other regions are surging.

Nostalgia for the fashion and culture of the years after the millennium, when the future held promise for many, is a commentary on today’s mood.

Economic officials meeting in Madrid are seeking to head off a November tariff deadline.

Already this year, China’s trade surplus with Africa is nearly as big as all of 2024, a sign of how President Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the flow of goods.

Size matters in great-power contests, and the U.S. can’t go it alone against China.

A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy.

The first closing of an Apple Store in mainland China hints at broader troubles facing the country’s shopping malls as developers open more of them despite a glut.

The government had set out to slow speculation, kicking off a slowdown in real estate values that is still grinding on with wide economic consequences.

China Evergrande, delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, leaves behind a giant pile of debt and a long line of desperate creditors.

Officials blamed U.S. “protectionism” for the dismal July data, but growth was likely held back by real estate and new policies aimed at slowing factory investments.