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Canada’s August trade deficit shrinks as exports break two-month slump

David Ljunggren | Reuters | 10/07/2019

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s trade deficit shrank by almost a third in August to C$955 million ($718 million) as exports broke a two-month slump, rising by 1.8% on increased shipments…

Global economic gloom spreads despite bright jobs markets

Chris Giles, Brendan Greeley, Tom Hancock | Financial Times | 10/07/2019

Almost two years since Donald ...

Only geopolitics can sink the US into recession, Blackstone’s Schwarzman says

Holly Ellyatt | CNBC | 10/07/2019

KEY POINTS A slew of disappointing economic data...

Amid Trade War, Farmers Lean on a New Crop: Hemp

Amelia Nierenberg | New York Times | 10/07/2019

ROSEVILLE, Ill. — Surrounded by waist-high hemp plants, Andy Hust...

China takes some key trade issues off the negotiating table with U.S.: report

Mike Murphy | MarketWatch | 10/07/2019

Chinese officials have significantly narrowed...

Trump’s proposed cheese and wine tariffs rile Europeans

James McAuley | The Washington Post | 10/04/2019

PARIS — European leaders and merchants on Thursday slam...

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