Bloomberg High-level talks for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) are picking up again this week following two months of limited negotiations that were instead marred by tit-for-tat tariff battles and diplomatic fallout. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday when she meets in Mexico City with officials from ...

Bloomberg Venezuela’s inflation will skyrocket to 1 million percent by the end of the year as the government continues to print money to cover a growing budget hole, the International Monetary Fund predicted. The crisis is comparable to that of Germany in 1923 or Zimbabwe in the late 2000s, said Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department. He ...

Bloomberg Nike Inc. is raising the salaries of about 7,400 employees worldwide, following an internal review of the company’s pay structure. Starting next month, the athletic shoe giant is adjusting pay for 10 percent of its global workforce, across all job levels, Nike spokeswoman Ilana Finley said Monday in a statement. The changes are being made to ensure that Nike ...