Bloomberg The automotive industry is bearing the brunt of trade-war crossfire again as US President Donald Trump threatens to slap tariffs of as much as 25 percent on goods from Mexico, a key production hub for carmakers from Mazda Motor Corp. to General Motors Co. Mexico is the largest source of US vehicle and auto-parts imports, meaning tariffs would increase ...

Bloomberg KKR & Co and Axel Springer SE are in talks about a strategic investment by the private equity firm that could take the German publisher private. KKR may launch a tender offer to buy out the minority shareholders in Axel Springer, which owns the mass-circulation daily Bild, according to a statement. Friede Springer — the widow of founder Axel ...

Bloomberg Even though President Donald Trump held fire earlier this month on auto tariffs that have the potential to further roil Europe’s struggling economy, a succession of domestic dilemmas on both sides of the Atlantic threaten to frustrate efforts at a trade pact before they’ve even begun. Ten months after Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker struck a Rose ...