Bloomberg Germany will step into global markets the US abandons and take on a bigger role on the international stage if the administration of President Donald Trump continues its shift toward protectionism, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. Speaking on his first day in his new post in Berlin, Gabriel said Germany’s “arms will remain outstretched” to the US to ...

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the US now. Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees on Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected ...

  Bloomberg The US economy entered 2017 with a solid head of steam, driven by consumer spending and a pickup in business investment. President Donald Trump’s stoking of trade tensions puts that momentum at risk. Fourth-quarter figures released on Friday showed how swings in trade can have big effects: Net exports subtracted 1.7 percentage points from gross domestic product, the ...