British industry had its strongest month so far this year in September, but more signs of strain on consumers and a plunge in construction were reminders that the economy looks set for a difficult 2018 as Brexit approaches. More »
A burst of Chinese data over the next few weeks is expected to show the world's second-biggest economy cooled further in October as policy makers harden efforts to reduce financial risks and foster long term sustainable growth. More »
Chinese exporters at the country's biggest trade fair are more optimistic about global demand now than six months ago but Beijing's crackdown on pollution is ramping up costs and product prices, hurting smaller factories and foreign buyers. More »
Britain's manufacturing output expanded at the strongest pace this year in July, but there was little sign of improvement in the trade deficit despite sterling's sharp fall since last year's Brexit vote. More »
China's strong economic growth showed visible signs of fading in July as lending costs rose and the gravity-defying property market cooled, though activity levels generally remained solid, propped up by a year-long construction spree. More »
Japan's economy grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years as consumer spending and capital expenditure both rose at the fastest in more than three years, highlighting stronger domestic demand. More »
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday called on all sides to exercise restraint and make positive efforts to resolve the North Korean issue. More »
Thai officials voiced hope ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of escaping U.S. pressure over the size of their trade surplus with the United States as their figures point to a jump in imports, but U.S. data shows little change. More »
FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a engine factory of CSSC Wartsila Engine (Shanghai) Co. Ltd in Shanghai, China June 13, 2017. Factories in China and Japan motored ahead in July, giving investors optimism that the global economy can carry momentum through into th... More »
FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured cars of the automobile maker Honda await export at port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. – Japan’s manufacturing activity grew in July at the slowest pace in eight months as export demand weakened, a private survey showed on... More »
FILE PHOTO – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the G 20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 2017. President Xi Jinping said on Monday China will accelerate market opening and clear administrative hurdles to boost foreign investment, while stepping up fi... More »
FILE PHOTO: A containership at a loading terminal is seen in the port of Hamburg, Germany, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo German exports rose more strongly than expected in May, outpacing a solid increase in imports and widening the trade s... More »
FILE PHOTO: San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams speaks to Reuters in San Francisco, California, U.S. on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo With the U.S. economy at full employment and inflation set to hit the Federal Reserve’s... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past containers at a port in Shanghai January 13, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo China reported stronger-than-anticipated exports and imports for May despite falling commodity prices, suggesting the economy is holding up better tha... More »
China’s iron ore imports rose 5.5 percent in May from a year earlier, recovering from a six-month low in April, as mills in the top steelmaking nation scooped up more raw material as they posted strong profits. More »
Ships are seen moored off of Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta, Indonesia December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside Indonesia’s exports and imports grew more slowly than expected in April, while the country’s trade balance was smaller than a month before, ... More »
Indonesia’s statistics bureau on Monday revised up its figures for March’s exports and trade surplus, but revised down its imports calculation for the month. More »
Workers work at a construction site in front of Shanghai’s financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song A flurry of data in coming weeks is expected to show China posted solid economic growth in March, as President Xi Jinpin... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker installs rubber onto the windows of the doors along a production line at a truck factory of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Factories across much of Asia pos... More »
Japanese manufacturing activity expanded in March at a slightly slower pace than the previous month as growth in new export orders and output slowed, a revised survey showed on Monday. More »
File photo: A laborer works in a container area at a port in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japan’s exports grew the most in more than two years in February, rebounding from a Lunar New Year slowdown in January, as a widening trade surplus wi... More »
FILE PHOTO: New appointed Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Germany could file a suit against the United States at the World Trade Organization ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at an industrial port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan’s exports probably rose at the fastest pace in two years in February thanks to a softer yen and improving global demand, a Reuters poll sho... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China’s Premier Li Keqiang said ... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday that Ch... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures during a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China will continue to push yuan exchange r... More »
South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho speaks during an interview in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton hyung Lee and Christine Kim More »
A basket vendor walks past red lanterns serving as decorations to celebrate the new year outside a shopping mall in Kunming, Yunnan province January 6, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer Activity in China’s services sector expanded at the slowest pace in four months in Fe... More »
An employee works on an assembly line producing automobiles at a factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Asian factories extended a global manufacturing revival as activity picked up steam in February, though th... More »
China for the first time became Germany’s most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the United States, which fell back to third place behind France, data showed on Friday. More »
President Donald Trump is interviewed by Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday spoke positively about a border adjustment tax being pushed by Republi... More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos talks to European Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici (R) during a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Greece and its international... More »
Newly manufactured vehicles await export at a port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japan’s exports are seen rising for the second straight month in January, supported by a global economic recovery and a soft yen while imports are expec... More »
Trade between the European Union and the United States fell last year for the first time since 2013, estimates of the EU statistics agency showed on Wednesday, in line with a general drop in global trade. More »
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) welcomes European Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis European Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner... More »
People walk on a street at Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, Japan, February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japan’s economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption ... More »
A Greek flag flutters in the wind as tourists visit the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece July 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo Euro zone lenders and the International Monetary Fund have reached agreed between themselves to p... More »
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are illuminated with a giant euro sign at the start of the ‘Luminale, light and building’ event in Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2016. EUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo For seven years, the United States has ... More »
Rolls of steel are stacked inside the China Steel Corporation factory, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo China’s factory activity picked up more than expected in December as demand accelerated, with output reaching a ... More »
A worker walks between shipping containers at a port in Tokyo, Japan, February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Japan’s export performance improved strongly in November as rapid decline in the yen and a recovery in overseas demand boosted shipments from the trad... More »
Workers leave a construction site at the end of their shift in Beijing, China December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter China’s economy will grow around 6.5 percent in 2017, while the yuan CNY=CFXS will continue to fall, government researchers said in Beijing on ... More »
Euro coins are seen in front of a displayed Greece flag in this picture illustration, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Euro zone finance ministers hope to reach a compromise on Greek reforms on Monday in a final bid to get International Monetary Fu... More »
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Growth in China’s services sector accelerated to a 16-month high in November, a private survey showed, though the increase in new orde... More »
A truck transports containers at Hanjin Shipping’s container terminal at the Busan New Port in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul August 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won South Korea’s exports are expected to rise in November for the first time sinc... More »
A worker stands in front of containers at a port in Shanghai. China May 10, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo China’s trade deficit in services narrowed to $20.9 billion in October from $23.3 billion in September, the foreign exchange regulator said on Monday.... More »
Cranes are seen above piles of steel pipes to be exported at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, December 1, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily/File Photo China’s exports and imports fell more than expected in October, with weak domestic and global demand a... More »
An assembly line to produce hybrid engine’s motor is pictured at Honda’s transmission factory in Hamamatsu, Japan, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japanese manufacturing activity expanded in October at the fastest pace in nine months as new orders rose... More »
A laborer works in a container area at a port in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo – RTX2H39B Japan’s exports fell for a 12th straight month in September from a year earlier, official data showed, as the yen’s gains undermined export ... More »
An aerial view of shipping containers stacked at the port of Singapore February 14, 2012. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Singapore’s exports in September slid less than expected as shipments to top customer China declined at a slower pace and sales to Europe rebo... More »
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Naohiko Hatta/Pool China’s economy performed better than ex... More »
South Korea’s finance minister said on Tuesday that Samsung Electronic Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) deepening crisis over its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone would hurt exports if the phone model is scrapped altogether. More »
A chimney emitting fire is seen in a factory at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan, September 14, 2016. Picture taken September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in seven months in September, a priv... More »
British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) meets Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a bilateral meeting at the sidelines of G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnb... More »
Protesters depicting Statue of Liberty (L) and Europa on the bull take part in a demonstration against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit in Hannover, Germany April 23, 2016. ... More »
LONDON/HONG KONG An HSBC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch venture and financial technology firm R3 said separately on Wednesday that they had created ways of using blockchain technology to simplify trade finance processes. The two banks said they had joined w... More »
BEIJING Activity in China’s manufacturing sector eased unexpectedly in July as orders cooled and flooding disrupted business, an official survey showed, adding to fears the economy will slow in coming months unless the government steps up a huge spending spree... More »
TOKYO Japan’s exports fell less than expected in June in a tentative sign that overseas demand could be recovering from persistent weakness that set in last year. Slowing decline in exports could ease concerns for Japan’s policymakers as they try to revive gro... More »
SEOUL South Korea’s economic growth was expected to show little improvement over April-June versus the first quarter in sequential terms, a Reuters poll found on Monday, as weak exports and capital investment continue to undermine growth. The economy was expec... More »
BEIJING China’s exports fell more than expected in June as global demand remained stubbornly weak and as Britain’s decision to leave the European Union clouds the outlook for one of Beijing’s biggest markets. Imports also shrank more than forecast, indicating ... More »
BEIJING European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Wednesday the EU was looking for the smoothest possible relations with Britain after it leaves the union and hopes institutional turmoil can end as soon as possible. Speaking during a visit... More »
BEIJING China’s Premier Li Keqiang told European Union officials on Wednesday that the country was committed to market reforms and remained determined to tackle a steel capacity glut that has sharpened tensions between the two sides. Li, speaking at an EU-Chin... More »
BEIJING European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told his Chinese counterparts on Wednesday that overcapacity in steel sector is a very serious problem. China is by far the world’s biggest steel producer and its annual output is almost double that of ... More »
SEOUL South Korea may seek a separate free trade deal with Britain in coming years in an effort to minimize the impact of Brexit on the country’s trade with the European Union and Britain, the trade ministry said on Sunday. It added the more lucrative Korea-EU... More »
BEIJING The value of China’s services trade is expected to grow rapidly and exceed $750 billion in 2016 but the country’s export sector remains under pressure, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. Global commodities markets have to cope with reductions in ov... More »
ISLAMABAD Pakistan and Iran aim to increase annual trade volumes between the two countries to $5 billion by 2021, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday. Sharif spoke at a business conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who arrived i... More »
BEIJING China’s Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said on Wednesday that he is confident the country’s trade will stabilize and improve. When asked why the government’s work report released on Saturday did not include a trade target for this year, Gao cited the co... More »
NEW DELHI The government unveiled a budget for the poor on Monday, announcing new rural aid schemes and skimping on a bank bailout, in a strategy shift that seeks to boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party in coming state elections. Finance Minister ... More »
TOKYO Nov 2 Japanese manufacturing activity in October expanded at the fastest pace in a year as new domestic and export orders increased, a private business survey showed on Monday. The Markit/Nikkei Japan Final Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) r... More »
LONDON China’s giant manufacturing industry contracted and euro zone and U.S. growth eased in August in data published on Tuesday, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for world growth this year. Stocks on major markets tumbled along with com... More »
SHANGHAI China’s currency fell to a four-year low on Wednesday, slumping for a second day, after a central bank devaluation on Tuesday, and government sources believe the yuan may be allowed to slide even further to help the country’s exporters. The yuan trade... More »
BEIJING Growth in China’s factory output, investment and retail sales were all weaker than expected in July, adding pressure on Beijing to roll out more measures to prevent a deeper slowdown, days after it shocked markets by devaluing its currency. While the c... More »
LONDON/SYDNEY Economic headwinds facing Chinese manufacturers intensified last month, with conditions deteriorating to their weakest level in two years, while euro zone factories largely shrugged off Greece’s brush with bankruptcy. July was a fraught month for... More »
SYDNEY Headwinds for the world’s second-biggest economy intensified at the start of the third quarter, with manufacturing conditions in China deteriorating to their worst in two years in July and triggering fresh slides in global commodity prices. Similar busi... More »
LONDON/NEW YORK The global economy started the second half of the year on shaky ground with China’s factory sector activity contracting in July at the fastest pace in 15 months and euro zone manufacturing weaker than expected, although U.S. activity picked up.... More »
BEIJING China’s export sales unexpectedly rose for the first time in four months in June and imports fell again but posted their best performance this year, causing some optimism tepid trade flows are picking up. Yet hopes were offset by a realization that Chi... More »
BEIJING China’s trade deficit in services widened to $18.3 billion in May, as Chinese tourists continued to spend more abroad than foreigners visiting the country, the foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday. The deficit was led by a $16.2 billion gap in sp... More »
