Gold is grabbing the headlines setting daily record highs. Silver is setting an-even-more-torrid pace. Wheat and coffee - American breakfast table...
Japan yesterday (Wednesday) intervened in the currency market for the first time since 2004 to weaken a surging yen that reached a 15-year high...
China yesterday (Wednesday) slapped the U.S. chicken industry with the second set of tariffs in less than three months, further escalating tensions...
President Barack Obama pushed against potentially unfair trade policies on two fronts in Monday's meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao and...
The United States and Brazil yesterday (Tuesday) announced a trade agreement to end their long-standing dispute about U.S. cotton subsidies. The...
When four Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE ADR: RTP) executives stunned observers by pleading...
China's Premier Wen Jiabao vigorously defended his country's economic policies on Sunday, rejecting calls to let the yuan appreciate, and ratcheting...
A lot of my commentary lately on the markets has been relatively short-term oriented. Today let's take a moment to pan back and consider the weekly...
In between bites of seal meat and dogsled races, the financial heads of the Group of Seven (G-7) countries met near the Arctic Circle in Canada last...
The United States launched another salvo in a trade dispute with China last week when it imposed new duties on imports of steel pipes, escalating...
Asian countries need to rely less on export-led growth and encourage their consumers to spend more, while the United States needs to trim its deficit...
The U.S. Commerce Department has launched an investigation into seamless steel pipe imports from China in a move that could fuel a feud over trade...
When U.S. President Barack Obama late Friday (Sept. 11) signed an order that imposed an additional duty of 35% on tires imported from China, it set...
Shortly after U.S. President Barack Obama announced hefty import duties on Chinese-made tires, China's Ministry of Commerce over the weekend said it...
The U.S. trade deficit expanded at its fastest pace in more than ten years in July, accelerated by rising oil prices and increased demand for auto...
By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor For seven years, the Doha Development Round has been the staging ground for the World Trade Organization’s push...