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Major trade friction with the United States could be economically devastating to the Mexican economy, the 15th largest in the world.
With a Republican House and Senate, corporate taxes under a Donald Trump presidency are almost certain to come down in 2017 and beyond.
The World Bank has come out with its 2017 economic forecast, and the numbers are distressing. Trouble Latin America will barely expand at all.
China's PMI took an unexpected jump in December, a sign that its economy may be not be slowing as much as expected.
Lithium is the critical component of the lithium-ion batteries that power smartphones, laptops, and cars. Global demand for lithium batteries is expected to reach 1.7 billion units in 2016 and rise...
Wal-Mart's investment will be made over the next three years and would create some 10,000 permanent new jobs in the country.
This could be the first shot fired in a global trade war, if President-Elect Trump chooses to make it so. While there may be no logical reason to launch such a trade war, politics is not always...
A decline in imports actually helped the international trade reading look soft, which feels odd considering that the U.S. dollar is still quite strong.
When tallying up the total cash sitting inside corporations in America, there are a few things to consider. First is that this generally pertains to non-financial companies because banks and other...
Of the largest 100 world economies, 42 are cities, although national economies grab the top 13 positions in the rankings before the top city, Tokyo, sneaks in at number 14.
The monthly reading on international trade is known to the rest of us as the trade deficit. It hasn't been positive in so long that you might wonder why they don't just officially change the name.
Rio Tinto remains one of the world's top mining and metals companies, and now it has launched a $3 billion debt reduction plan as part of its capital management efforts.
Thursday the World Trade Organization issued a ruling that Boeing says will allow the United States to impose retaliatory tariffs totaling as much as $10 billion on European aircraft imports.
It is so difficult to find accurate numbers about the North Korean economy that are less than a decade old. The nation has been able to keep secret even the broadest details about its economy.
Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, was thrown out of office by the country's senate, not long after 24/7 Wall St. published its 50 Least Powerful People in the World with Rousseff is on the...