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Chinese Premier Li derides trade restrictions, pledges to make global trade fairer

Trade data for September showed China’s exports rising faster-than-expected.
Global Enterprise

Big manufacturing economies struggle as US tariffs hit order books

In 2024, Brazil provided about six times more beef to the US than Argentina. However, 76.4 per cent tariffs are likely to affect supply and price.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

The steak economy is more than just high prices

(From left) China's President Xi Jinping and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct 31, 2025.
Global Enterprise

South Korea’s Lee says global trade order at critical inflection point

What the meetings between the IMF and World Bank have consistently failed to deliver is clear, coordinated political will to address economic challenges, says the writer.
Opinion & Features

Little reassurance from IMF-World Bank meetings

S&P 500 companies are projected to show an earnings growth rate of 9.3% in the July-September period, a decline from 13.8% in the second quarter, according to LSEG data.
Companies & Markets

Global companies hit by more than US$35 billion in US tariffs, but outlook stabilising

IMF executives this week noted that countries imposing tariffs, such as the US, faced potentially higher inflation for longer, while some Asian economies, such as China, risked deflation.
Global Enterprise

IMF chief hopes for easing of US, China tensions to avoid hit to global economy

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, speaking during a panel at the IMF headquarters on Oct 16, said there is an opportunity for Asian countries to reconfigure trade links.
Global Enterprise

Countries can build new trade links, resilience amid US tariffs and unpredictability: President Tharman

A market crash today is unlikely to result in the brief and relatively benign economic downturn that followed the dotcom bust. There is a lot more wealth on the line now – and much less policy space to soften the blow of a correction.
Opinion & Features

The crash that could torch US$35 trillion of wealth: Gita Gopinath

The IMF report noted that the period of cheap borrowing between the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic hit has ended, with debt-servicing costs already weighing on budgets.
Global Enterprise

Global public debt to top 100% of GDP by 2030, highest post-World War II: IMF

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