Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co. hired the law firm Sidley Austin LLP to lobby on trade as the US pressures allies to join it in blacklisting the Chinese telecom giant and the company finds itself increasingly mired in President Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing. The lobbying, which began in July, will focus on export controls, trade sanctions “and other national ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s government cut its forecast for economic growth this year to almost zero as the escalating US-China trade war dampens the region’s most trade-reliant economies. Singapore’s economy now is seen growing 0.0%-1.0% this year, down from a previous projection of 1.5%-2.5%, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday, with growth expected to come in near the midpoint ...

Bloomberg Passenger vehicle sales in India dropped the most in nearly two decades, with the decline extending for a ninth straight month amid a broader slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy. Car sales fell 36% from a year earlier to 122,956 units in July, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed. Passenger vehicle sales slumped 31%, while truck ...