Bloomberg German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on European nations to unite and fill the void left by the US drawback from global agreements that have underpinned the trans-Atlantic relationship for decades. “Under President Trump, the Atlantic has gotten wider. Trump’s isolationist policy has created a worldwide vacuum — that one can especially feel after the G-7,” Maas said. “The ...

President Donald Trump’s unexpected call to remove all trade barriers didn’t gain much traction with other Group of Seven (G-7) leaders, perhaps because they were fuming about the US president’s behaviour during the summit in Canada this weekend. But a partial implementation of the idea would be a good way to defuse the brewing trade war without preventing nations from ...

China’s huge bet on new-energy vehicles has understandably gotten the world’s attention. But a less flashy phenomenon now underway may be at least as consequential for the environment in the near term: China is finally getting into used cars. A familiar ritual in most nations, buying vehicles secondhand had until recently been all but unknown in China. In most markets, ...