Trade

The one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine arrives on Friday and the war has caused major economic volatility, particularly in energy and food commodities.

The Biden administration declined to block the U.S. International Trade Commission's import ban on Apple Watches that allegedly infringed on AliveCor's patented technology.

A judge for the U.S. ITC ruled in January that Apple violated one of Masimo's patents for using light sensors to gauge blood oxygen levels in smartwatches.

Exporters based in Vietnam are concerned about violating a U.S. ban on imports from China's Xinjiang region which aims to block goods made with Uyghur forced labor.

A New York City-based forensic financial group accused Gautam Adani's company of running the "largest con in corporate history," causing investors to pull back.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the economic threat posed by China and ways the U.S. can undercut China's growing influence through trade policies.

The trade deficit in goods and services was a seasonally adjusted $67.4 billion in December, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, up from a revised $61 billion in November.

A fire is raging Tuesday at the Port of Iskenderun in southern Turkey following a devastating earthquake there Monday, shipping giant Maersk says.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative report on notorious markets for counterfeit and pirated goods found that China continued to lead the world in goods seized by CBP.

Russia and China have spent years building stronger economic ties, including a $55 billion gas pipeline and Russia’s increased usage of China’s yuan.

Customs and Border Protection is scrutinizing imports from China's Xinjiang region under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Solar panels are the most commonly flagged product.

Lawmakers offered the bipartisan American Beef Labeling Act to reinstate mandatory country-of-origin labeling rules for beef products to promote transparency for consumers.

Maersk and MSC will end 2M Shipping alliance in 2025; comes as supply chain issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have alleviated and global demand for trade has fallen.

The U.S. incentives, included in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, have spurred companies to rethink where to spend billions of investment dollars.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen steps into a superpower trade and political battleground over Africa with Russia and China, as her tour of the continent takes her to South Africa on Tuesday.

Concern about a recession, rising competition with China, runaway inflation, and decoupling economically in an increasingly divided world dominated the week.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos was filled with optimism about a return to economic growth, but many remain skeptical.

The World Economic Forum, known as Davos for the Swiss town that hosts it, will focus this year on climate change, global stability and economic headwinds.

The U.S. and Taiwan are holding the first formal negotiations toward a trade agreement between the two countries that has drawn the ire of the Chinese government.

The governments of the U.S. and Japan formed a task force to eliminate the use of forced labor and protect human rights in international supply chains.