The European Union is weighing tougher trade measures as negotiators prepare to meet Chinese officials in Beijing, with surging exports from China pressuring key industries in Europe.

Trade ministers from a dozen G20 countries along with the European Union and Poland ​signed on to a US-led statement calling for action to eliminate structural ‌excess factory capacity and the "non-market" policies that encourage overproduction,

As Donald Trump unleashes round two of his trade wars, an analysis of the way global commerce has rewired since his first presidency shows how Vietnam, Mexico and Canada are exposed this time around as a new era of American protectionism unfolds.

A trade deficit sounds bad, but it is neither good nor bad. It doesn’t mean the U.S. is losing money. It simply means foreigners are sending the U.S. more goods than the U.S. is sending them. America is getting more cheap goods, and in return it is ...

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Practical lessons help students prepare for future careers students at a vocational training centre have said. Kenny and Will attend a woodworking workshop at The Spark Group in Stoke-on-Trent, learning how to create dovetail joints before progressing to plumbing, electrical work and other trades.

The president put shrinking the trade deficit high on his economic to-do list. There’s fresh evidence he’s failing by own standards.

The Trump administration has called the trade deficit a “national emergency,” but economists say it’s actually a sign of a resilient American economy.