By Aziz El Yaakoubi ABU DHABI (Reuters) – France is looking at options to help Lebanon recover from its financial crisis, including an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme if Beirut seeks one, a minister said on Monday. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire also told reporters in Abu Dhabi that he had discussed the situation […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. trade, economic and scientific restrictions on China and “smears” against its sovereignty are impacting global stability and development, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said in comments published on Monday. Even as the world’s two largest economies have taken steps to cool a bitter trade war, they remain far apart on a […]
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s machinery orders tumbled at their fastest pace since 2018 while exports posted a 14th straight month of decline as the world’s third-largest economy grappled with the widening impact of the coronavirus outbreak and a recent sales tax hike. Government data out on Wednesday showed exports fell 2.6% year-on-year […]
