OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada handled the novel coronavirus outbreak better than many of its allies, including the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, in a rare public comment on the faltering U.S. effort. Canada – with a population one-tenth the size of the United States – has so far recorded 8,711 deaths […]
By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) – European shares retreated from recent peaks on Monday as investors paused before launching into a week packed with economic data and the European Central Bank’s first policy meeting of the year. The pan-European STOXX 600 index <.STOXX> was down about 0.1%, after ending at a record high […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Growth of global trade in services has weakened at the start of 2020 as the coronavirus hits the global economy, notably air travel and container shipping, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Wednesday. The Geneva-based trade body said its services trade indicator fell to 96.8 from the 98.4 reading reported in […]
