During the 2016 presidential primaries, I found myself in a San Francisco park talking to guy who was eager to convince people not to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade agreement among the US and other mostly advanced economies. For all his sincerity —his backpack was adorned with anti-TPP and Bernie Sanders pins —his rationale was vague, driven ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will refrain from any major changes when their policy-making committees meet later this week, even though both economies have recently been experiencing their strongest growth in more than a decade. For now, inflation (that is deemed too low) and currencies (that are deemed too strong) will dominate the decision-making ...

Labor in China is no longer cheap, but Terry Gou may have found a new way to profit from the mainland. Gou’s Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. is poised to list in China as early as April, just two months after filing an IPO application. Its Taiwan-traded parent, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., will hold about 85 percent of Foxconn Industrial’s ...