China’s leading electric-vehicle manufacturers are rapidly integrating advanced driver-assistance features into mass-market models at price points that undercut Tesla’s offerings. Companies such as BYD, Xpeng, Leapmotor and others now include multi-sensor assisted-driving systems in vehicles priced...

U.S. payroll additions have sputtered in recent months, rattling employers and investors alike as the long-running expansion shows fresh signs of fatigue. After routinely topping 200,000 monthly hires at the start of the year, May brought just 139,000 new nonfarm jobs—well below the...

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) reduced its key interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing the deposit rate down to 2.00 percent. While policymakers acknowledged that headline inflation has finally returned to the ECB’s 2 percent target, they emphasized that the decision was driven...

China’s central government is increasingly alarmed by the deepening price wars that have engulfed its sprawling automotive sector. Officials and industry leaders alike warn that steep discounts and aggressive undercutting are inflicting long-term damage on manufacturers’ profitability, stifling...

When a federal appeals court granted a temporary stay on a lower court’s decision overturning President Trump’s broad tariffs, it effectively ensured that his duties on a vast array of imported products remain in place for the time being. That stay means U.S. importers will continue paying levies...

The Biden administration has imposed sweeping new export controls on a wide array of technologies headed to China, tightening restrictions on semiconductor design software, critical chemicals, industrial machinery and aviation components. Announced quietly in late May, the measures require U.S. and...

When Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) auctions its 40-year government bonds on May 28, all eyes will be on the bid-to-cover ratio and the yields setting in the secondary market. Investors and policymakers alike view this long-dated issuance not merely as a routine funding operation but as a...

Retailers still reeling from the effects of the tariff measures introduced under the previous administration are increasingly fielding offers to go private, as volatile market conditions and unpredictable trade policy continue to weigh on valuations. In recent months, the number of negotiations...

Global businesses grappling with the unpredictability of U.S. tariffs are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence solutions to make informed decisions as trade tensions continue to roil supply chains. With new duties on imports from multiple countries regularly shifting, executives say they...

President Donald Trump’s announcement of potential new tariffs on European Union products and imported iPhones unleashed a flurry of reactions from financial markets, government officials, corporate executives and trade experts. His proposal to impose a 50% duty on all EU goods starting June 1,...

High-end American livestock producers are facing a seismic shake-up as their once-lucrative trade in breeding pigs and bovine semen to China grinds to a halt. In the span of weeks, pedigree swine and elite cattle genetics—markets that had been blossoming in the wake of China’s own animal-health...