A car can look like a fantastic bargain on the lot, only to reveal itself as a lemon when you drive it away. It’s not so different with trade agreements. Take the deal hammered out between the US and Mexico on automotive imports, which the two countries hope to extend to Canada, the third member of the North American Free ...

Shareholders in China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, the giant oil refiner known as Sinopec, have little to complain about this year. Thanks to excitement around the planned spinoff of its pipelines and marketing businesses and better margins in a time of weaker crude prices, the shares are up 38 percent this year. After announcing a record half-year profit over the ...

Storm clouds are brewing over the global technology industry. A host of hardware companies, including Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co, Foxconn Technology Group and Intel Corp are sitting on inventory stockpiles not seen since the financial crisis a decade ago. And it comes amid a possible US-China trade war; likely monetary tightening by the Fed; more expensive growth in China’s ...