Bloomberg Japanese exports fell for an eighth straight month in July, weighed down by shipments of auto parts and semiconductors, as slowing economic growth and trade battles raise fears of a global recession. The value of shipments abroad dropped 1.6% in July from a year earlier, according to the finance ministry. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated a 2.3% drop. ...

Bloomberg Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz suggested Germany could muster 50 billion euros ($55 billion) of extra spending in an economic crisis, putting a number on a possible fiscal stimulus for the first time. While Scholz signaled that action by Germany isn’t imminent, ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook voiced concerns about chief competitor Samsung Electronics getting an edge because its products, unlike Apple’s, won’t be subject to tariffs when imported by the US. Cook and Trump had dinner, while the president was at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump described the conversation to reporters ...