A recent survey has shown more German companies see Japan as a stable choice for production in Asia amid geopolitical tension and uncertainties over trade restrictions involving China. Fully 38% of German companies taking part...
We have put emphasis on today’s US retail sales report. A recovery from the weather-induced weakness in January should underscore the resilience of US demand after another 200k jobs were created and personal income jumped...
The US dollar is narrowly mixed against the G10 currencies. The Canadian and Australian dollars lead the advancers, while the Scandis are pacing the losers off 0.1%-0.2% in quiet turnover. Most the freely accessible emerging...
China has loaned $1.3 trillion for infrastructure projects from Asia to Latin America to boost trade. DW asks how China will ensure those debts are repaid. China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — backing and often...
Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is facing complex regulations and competition from China as it tries to break into the European car market. Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is slowing down its European expansion, industry...
Chinese firms currently dominate the electric vehicle battery supply chain — from mining and refining through to final assembly. This leaves Western automakers with little option but to rely on Chinese-made EV batteries. The Shanghai...
For lovers of big music concerts, 2023 has been a renaissance year. After the pandemic put the squeeze on large events for the better part of three years, a host of megastars have embarked on...
The UK government has comfortably won a parliament vote on its new Northern Ireland-EU deal. The Windsor Framework now looks set to be implemented. Most business leaders in Northern Ireland are happy about that. In...
The market has concluded that the Fed will hike rates today. The US two-year yield has risen from about 3.63% at Monday’s lows almost 4.20% yesterday. It needs to rise to 4.35% to recover half...
Global stock markets plunged as they opened to the news of the shotgun buyout of Credit Suisse by rival UBS. Swiss authorities had hoped the takeover will calm investors. Stock markets remained jittery on Monday...
Africa holds mineral wealth with diverse commodities that are sought after the world over. In the diamond industry, revenues elude local communities despite multilateral certification measures. In diamond-rich parts of Africa, the revenue generated from...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised deposit interest rates by half a percentage point to 2.5%. The move comes despite slowing inflation in the eurozone. The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a large...
