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China has officially launched internet identification requirements that rights groups have warned will further curtail online ...

By Peter Hobson and Ella Cao CANBERRA/BEIJING (Reuters) -Canberra is close to an agreement with Beijing that would allow Australian suppliers to ship five trial canola cargoes to China, sources ...

Exports to the U.S. fell for the second consecutive month in May after a first-quarter boom, but remained higher than a year earlier.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Poor infrastructure, regional conflict and sporadic Israeli airstrikes are holding back more airlines ...

Progressives' worst fears about Donald Trump's second term as president have turned out to be far from reality.

Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will ...

Retailers exploit tariffs to justify price hikes on products not affected by trade policies, contradicting Trump's America First agenda to lower consumer costs ...

Congress is considering cuts to critical national security funding that would reduce America's global footprint. That would undermine U.S. leadership when we need it ...

Analysis by clean energy think tank Energy Innovation found that the bill threatened thousands of clean energy projects, likely resulting in the loss of 760,000 jobs in the sector by 2030. By reducing ...

In the chapter “Securing China’s Assets in America,” Gordon G. Chang advises Washington to “get American businesses and citizens out of China” and to remove PRC entities from important sectors of the ...

The BRICS coalition is challenging America’s economic dominance. The president’s angry response may drive them closer ...