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3 Jun 21
The Joe Biden administration has decided to introduce tariffs on imports from six countries in an ongoing row over whether unilateral taxes on giant digital companies are fair.
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26 Apr 21
Joe Biden’s election as US president is likely to mean greater global trade cooperation – but anti-globalist forces remain powerful
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30 Mar 21
The US is preparing to retaliate over six countries’ digital taxes because they “discriminate” against American companies.
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11 Mar 21
China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
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8 Jan 21
Tariffs on French goods such as champagne, cheese and designer handbags will not be imposed by the US government as planned this week – a move that was intended as retaliation against France’s...
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9 Oct 20
The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
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12 Aug 20
Asian governments are expected to channel more money into domestic supply chains following Covid-19, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
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24 Jan 20
East and South Asian economies face weak growth prospects amid trade tensions and uncertainty around policy, according to a new report.
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24 Jan 20
President Trump’s protectionism is aggravating Latin America’s fiscal headache.
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21 Jan 20
France and the US “will work together” to avoid a trade war over the French decision to introduce a digital tax last summer, Emmanuel Macron has said.
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17 Jan 20
Vietnam must develop quality infrastructure if it wants to expand its economy, the World Bank has said.
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14 Jan 20
The EU runs a trade surplus with itself of more than €300bn, a number that should be zero, and measurement errors alone are not a sufficient explanation, researchers have warned.
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6 Jan 20
France will retaliate if the US imposes tariffs on its cheese and champagne, the country’s finance minister has warned.
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16 Dec 19
The trade war between the US and China appears to have cooled, with a ‘phase one’ agreement having been agreed by both countries.
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13 Dec 19
Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
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12 Dec 19
The US economy will stand “on firmer ground” in 2020 than it did this year, experts at Goldman Sachs have predicted.
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9 Dec 19
China has urged its local authorities to introduce more measures to boost employment and job creation.
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3 Dec 19
The US is likely to hit France with new tariffs on products including cheese and champagne to retaliate against the European country’s tax on ‘internet giants’, such as Google and Facebook.
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28 Nov 19
The US is preparing to announce whether authorities plan to take any action in response to a French tax on internet giants, such as Google and Facebook.
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26 Nov 19
The German economy is set to grow slightly this quarter as business confidence improves, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research has said.
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14 Nov 19
Germany has narrowly avoided a technical recession after its economy grew by 0.1% in the last quarter.
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8 Nov 19
German exports grew in September, data released today has shown, calming long-standing fears of Europe’s biggest economy entering a technical recession.
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7 Nov 19
Supporting its non-oil sector will be crucial to support long-term sustainability in the United Arab Emirates, an IMF economist has said.
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1 Nov 19
The rapid spread of African swine fever could lead to food shortages, the World Organisation for Animal Health has warned, saying around a quarter of pigs worldwide could die.
3 Jun 21The Joe Biden administration has decided to introduce tariffs on imports from six countries in an ongoing row over whether unilateral taxes on giant digital companies are fair.
26 Apr 21Joe Biden’s election as US president is likely to mean greater global trade cooperation – but anti-globalist forces remain powerful
11 Mar 21China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
8 Jan 21Tariffs on French goods such as champagne, cheese and designer handbags will not be imposed by the US government as planned this week – a move that was intended as retaliation against France’s...![Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]](https://www.publicfinancefocus.org/sites/default/files/styles/pf_square/public/trump-biden-shutterstock_1724296963.jpg?itok=4JmS23o7 "Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]")
9 Oct 20The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
12 Aug 20Asian governments are expected to channel more money into domestic supply chains following Covid-19, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
11 Feb 20Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
24 Jan 20President Trump’s protectionism is aggravating Latin America’s fiscal headache.
21 Jan 20France and the US “will work together” to avoid a trade war over the French decision to introduce a digital tax last summer, Emmanuel Macron has said.
17 Jan 20Vietnam must develop quality infrastructure if it wants to expand its economy, the World Bank has said.
14 Jan 20The EU runs a trade surplus with itself of more than €300bn, a number that should be zero, and measurement errors alone are not a sufficient explanation, researchers have warned.
13 Dec 19Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
12 Dec 19The US economy will stand “on firmer ground” in 2020 than it did this year, experts at Goldman Sachs have predicted.
9 Dec 19China has urged its local authorities to introduce more measures to boost employment and job creation.
3 Dec 19The US is likely to hit France with new tariffs on products including cheese and champagne to retaliate against the European country’s tax on ‘internet giants’, such as Google and Facebook.
26 Nov 19The German economy is set to grow slightly this quarter as business confidence improves, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research has said.
14 Nov 19Germany has narrowly avoided a technical recession after its economy grew by 0.1% in the last quarter.
7 Nov 19Supporting its non-oil sector will be crucial to support long-term sustainability in the United Arab Emirates, an IMF economist has said.
1 Nov 19The rapid spread of African swine fever could lead to food shortages, the World Organisation for Animal Health has warned, saying around a quarter of pigs worldwide could die.
