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World Bank Forecast Underscores Cost of U.S. Trade War
Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help ...
‘Harm to living standards’: World Bank’s chilling economic warning
The World Bank has sounded the alarm predicting global growth is on track for its weakest year since the global financial ...
Vietnam risks being the trade war’s biggest loser. Does it have a plan B?
In the postwar period, it pursued a Soviet-style model of a centrally planned economy in which the government controlled all production, trade and prices. The collectivisation of farming, its primary ...
World Bank slashes growth outlook on trade concerns
The World Bank on Tuesday reduced its outlook for both global and U.S. economic growth this year, citing disruptions to global trade stemming President Trump’s trade war. Global growth in 2025 is ...
World Bank backs Trump’s gripe over other nations’ higher tariffs on U.S. goods
The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast.
China’s Largest Companies 2025: Trade War Clouds The Outlook For China
The number of Chinese companies on the Global 2000 has dropped from a peak of 351 in 2022 to 317 this year. Sluggish domestic ...