The World Bank's steering committee on Friday endorsed the lender's plans to explore options to expand energy access, ...

Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the "earliest possible" opportunity, the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda to take concrete steps towards ...

But right now the key point is this: in Bessent, there is a dragon tamer, of sorts, in the White House, clinging on to the beast’s tail. Let us hope that Musk does not push him out. If he does, ...

He’s taking a softer tone on economic policy and looking to de-escalate his trade wars.

Global policymakers gathering in Washington this week breathed a collective sigh of relief that the U.S.-centric economic ...

Negotiations with Beijing have yet to start, Scott Bessent adds, voicing belief in a possible deal as markets surge on report ...

Tariffs and the bleak prospects for global trade dominated discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently said that India is likely to become the first country to finalise a bilateral ...

US President Donald Trump asserted in an interview p Friday that tariff negotiations were under way with China, but Beijing ...

Mr Trump told Time magazine that talks were taking place - something that China denied. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...