The WTO forecast world trade in goods would grow by 3.9% this year, less than the 4.4% it forecast in April. Next year trade growth of 3.7% is expected, a cut from the WTO’s previous forecast of 4.0%

Euro-area economic confidence slid for a ninth month, the longest streak of declines since 2011, as protectionism and political uncertainty cast a cloud over the outlook.

Fresh data on the U.S. economy show President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war is shaping up as a clear drag on growth this quarter.

The Office for National Statistics judges that investment by companies fell by 0.7 per cent in the three months to June, following a contraction of 0.5 per cent in the first quarter

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - Economic activity in the United States could fall more than two percent within a year if Washington launched a trade war on a wide front, European Central Bank researchers suggested Wednesday.

MONTREAL — In a warehouse on the outskirts of town, European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom surveyed rows of boxed-up electric bicycles bound for bike-share systems from Honolulu to Sao Paulo.