Bloomberg The European Union outlined ways to bolster the World Trade Organization in a bid to keep US President Donald Trump committed to the global commercial order that America helped shape after World War II. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom presented a “concept paper” aimed at strengthening WTO rules against trade-distorting subsidies, averting a deadlock in the dispute-settlement system of ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of imports from China drags the biggest part of the US economy into the thick of the trade war, threatening to deliver a more direct hit to growth. The 10 percent tariffs announced on Monday — which take effect from September 24 and will rise to 25 ...

Bloomberg Global equity markets reacted calmly to the latest salvos in the intensifying trade war between the US and China. Treasuries retreated and oil gained. The S&P 500 Index rose on Tuesday, led by technology shares, even after Beijing responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement of fresh levies by saying it will impose tariffs on $60 billion of US goods ...