German exports rose unexpectedly in March, outpacing import growth and widening the trade surplus for Europe’s largest economy.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says his office is preparing to impose tariffs on the $300 billion in Chinese products that aren’t already facing import taxes.

German steelmaking giant Thyssenkrupp says it will cut some 6,000 jobs as it expects European regulators to block its plan to combine some operations with India’s Tata Steel.

An Indian company says it has agreed to take over the famous toy retailer Hamleys.

China vows retaliation if Trump goes ahead with tariff hikes, raising tensions ahead of Washington negotiations.

Australia’s central bank has taken responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes after a radio station posted an image of the microscopic error.

New US sanctions are targeting Iran’s vital metals industry, a major employer in the country’s troubled economy.

U.S. communications regulators reject a Chinese telecom company’s application to provide service in the U.S. due to national security risks amid an escalation in tensions between the two countries.

Citing lower global growth, New Zealand’s Reserve Bank has cut the nation’s benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to an all-time low of 1.5%.

Japanese technology company Softbank says it will spend $4 billion to increase its stake in Yahoo Japan to nearly 45%.