PARIS — Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, the next head of the World Trade Organization, said on Wednesday that the institution needed to adapt as the United States and other nations turn away from the ... Read more
The revolution that started in food is expanding to clothing: origins matter. With fair-trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on grocery shelves, consumers concerned with working conditions, ... Read more
PARIS — Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, the next head of the World Trade Organization, said on Wednesday that the institution needed to adapt as the United States and other nations turn away from the ... Read more
HONG KONG — Brightly hued men’s underwear in a rainbow of colors is no longer selling well in Europe for the Zhongtian Garments Company in Xiamen, China. Exports are down 30 percent in the last ... Read more
Stocks edged higher on Wednesday, bolstered by the financial and technology sectors, and were set to scale fresh highs as a rally continued for a fifth consecutive session. In afternoon trading, ... Read more
The revolution that started in food is expanding to clothing: origins matter. With fair-trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on grocery shelves, consumers concerned with working conditions, ... Read more
HONG KONG — For many countries, inflows of cash would be a blessing. But incoming money has proved to be too much of a good thing in parts of the Asia-Pacific region, pushing currencies to uncomfortably high ... Read more
HONG KONG — Trade figures for April released by the Chinese government on Wednesday morning were slightly better than economists expected, but still indicated that demand was fairly weak in foreign markets ... Read more
PARIS — Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo of Brazil will be the next leader of the World Trade Organization, a Brazilian official said Tuesday, and will take the reins at a time when the group is fighting to ... Read more
HONG KONG — French leaders and top officials are winding up a slew of meetings with China’s new leadership, an effort to market the troubled French and euro zone economies to a powerful investor. ... Read more