Oil prices dip on rising supplies from U.S., Russia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, dragged down as U.S. oil drilling activity rose to its highest level since March, 2015, while increasing output in Russia also weighed on the market.
Stocks set for tense session after G7 and ahead Trump-Kim Summit
TOKYO (Reuters) – Stocks markets were expected to be on the defensive on Monday as a weekend G7 summit fanned trade war fears after U.S. President Donald Trump backed out of a joint communique in a blow to the group’s efforts to show a united front.
Rights group hits Amazon, Foxconn over China labor conditions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. watchdog group criticized Amazon.com Inc and contract manufacturer Foxconn over what it described as harsh working conditions at a plant in China that makes the retail giant’s Echo Dot smart speaker and Kindle e-reader.
U.S.-Canada spat escalates after tense G7, Europeans criticize Trump
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) – The United States and Canada swung sharply toward a diplomatic and trade crisis on Sunday as top White House advisers lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a day after U.S. President Trump called him “very…
U.S.-Canada spat escalates, Europeans criticize Trump’s G7 move
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) – The United States and Canada swung sharply toward a diplomatic and trade crisis on Sunday as top White House advisers lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a day after U.S. President Trump called him “very…
White House adviser says Canada’s Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top White House economic adviser accused Canada’s prime minister on Sunday of betraying President Donald Trump with “polarizing” statements on U.S. trade policy that risked making the American leader look weak on the eve of a…
White House’s Navarro says ‘three strikes you’re out’ for ZTE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese technology company ZTE Corp will be “shut down” in the United States if it engages in one more bad activity, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro warned on Sunday.
Trump torpedoes G7 effort to ease trade spat, threatens auto tariffs
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threw the G7’s efforts to show a united front into disarray after taking aim at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, adding he might double down on import tariffs by hitting the sensitive au…
In bombshell, Trump says U.S. backs out of G7 communique, criticizes Trudeau
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had instructed his representatives not to endorse a joint communique put out by the Group of Seven leaders after what he called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “fal…
UK to force big companies to publish worker to boss pay gap
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest companies will from 2020 be legally required to publish the gap between the salary of their chief executive and what they pay their average UK worker, under proposed new government rules.
