Bloomberg Global cross-border investment will probably decline by as much as 15 percent this year as trade remains sluggish, China’s commerce minister said after a Group of 20 trade ministers meeting Sunday. The G-20 representatives pledged to increase their efforts to facilitate trade and urged other World Trade Organisation member nations to do likewise to enable global commerce, Gao …

  Bloomberg China’s factory-gate deflation eased for the sixth straight month, adding to evidence that falling prices have turned a corner after more than four years of declines. The producer-price index fell 2.6 percent, compared with a 2.8 percent drop a month earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. The decline was the smallest since late 2014. The …

  Bloomberg Has China bitten off more than it can chew when it comes to making chips? That’s where Orbotech Ltd comes in: To make sure the billions are well spent. Orbotech makes inspection and repair tools that help factories avoid errors as they pump out increasingly complex chips for smartphones and tablets. Its market capitalization surpassed US$1 billion in …