Lawmakers are flagging what they say are likely significant violations of U.S. law by Temu, a popular Chinese shopping platform, accusing it of providing an unchecked channel that allows goods […]
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Back to news homeWhy What We Thought About the Global Economy Is No Longer True
When the world’s business and political leaders gathered in 2018 at the annual economic forum in Davos, the mood was jubilant. Growth in every major country was on an upswing. […]
As U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet, Businesses Temper Their Hopes
In a meeting in Beijing on Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, traded warm smiles with Bill Gates and praised Mr. Gates as “the first American friend” he had met this […]
TikTok, Shein and Other Companies Distance Themselves From China
Shein said in a statement that it was “a multinational company with diversified operations around the world and customers in 150 markets, and we make all business decisions with that […]
Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil Partnership Shows Strain
For most of the last six years, the leaders of Russia and Saudi Arabia worked with each other to control the global oil market during times of war, pandemic and […]
Europe Frets U.S. Battery Factory Subsidies Will Hurt, Not Help
European leaders complained for years that the United States was not doing enough to fight climate change. Now that the Biden administration has devoted hundreds of billions of dollars to […]
Jamie Dimon to Be Deposed as JPMorgan Faces Reckoning for Epstein Ties
Jeffrey Epstein was many things: a sexual predator, a friend to the rich and powerful and, for many years, a lucrative customer of the nation’s largest bank.Now the bank, JPMorgan […]
China Escalates U.S. Tech War With Micron Ban
When cutting foreign technology companies from Chinese supply chains, Beijing has long chosen to work obliquely or even secretly. Regulators would give executives back-room lectures, weigh them down with excessive […]
Building Boom on Mykonos Reveals ‘Wretched’ Side of Greece’s Recovery
Well-heeled vacationers descended from luxury hotels into the gleaming labyrinth of Mykonos’s historic old town on a recent evening, ogling gold jewelry and heading to bars offering pricey bottles of […]
Former SVB CEO Tells Senate He Is ‘Truly Sorry’ for Collapse but Deflects Blame
In his first public remarks since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, triggering widespread industry turmoil, the lender’s former chief executive pointed the finger at pretty much everybody but himself, casting blame […]