US President Trump raised the cost of new H-1B visa applications this month to $100,000

China’s new visa programme aimed at attracting foreign tech talent kicks off this week, a move seen boosting Beijing’s fortunes in its geopolitical rivalry with Washington as a new US visa policy prompts would-be applicants to scramble for alternatives.

In the midst of a tariff battle with the United States, India will formally operationalise its free trade agreement (FTA) with four countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc on October 1.

The EFTA countries are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland

Its global vehicle production rose 4.9 percent, a third consecutive month of growth

The Trump administration is in talks to take an equity stake in Lithium Americas, which would insert the government into another private enterprise in the latest challenge to American free-market traditions.

$488.79 million in principal and $178.32 million in interest were repaid in the first two months of FY26

Big Pharma is proving the mantra that prevention is better than cure.

Canada has signed a bilateral free trade agreement with Indonesia, which aims to eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 95 percent of Ottawa’s exports to its largest market in Southeast Asia.

President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he could funnel aid to American farmers -- a big political support base -- hit by fallout from his trade wars.

Gold gained on Friday after US inflation data came in line with expectations, reinforcing bets that the Federal Reserve may continue with interest rate cuts later this year.

"We will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented pharmaceutical product"

China’s Premier Li Qiang and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen stressed cooperation during their meeting in New York, as the world’s No.2 and No.3 economies looked to defuse trade tensions while squeezed by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

As ChatGPT nears its third birthday, at least one in 10 retail investors is using a chatbot to pick stocks, fuelling a boom in the robo-advisory market, but even fans say it is a high-risk strategy that cannot replace traditional advisors just yet.

The United States expects to finalise trade deals with more Southeast Asian countries in the coming months, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said during a meeting with regional counterparts on Wednesday.

A report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warns that recent changes in US tariff policy have had a significant impact on Asean economies, with total exports to the US projected to fall by as much as 9.7 percent. The heaviest losses are expected for export-driven economies such as Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.

Thapanee Kiatphaibool, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said the Thai baht has appreciated by 7.24 percent since the beginning of the year, rising from 34.23 to the US dollar in January 2025 to 31.75 in September.

He expected exports to grow more than 12% this year

The world economy will grow more than previously forecast this year after absorbing the shock of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but their full impact remains uncertain, the OECD said Tuesday.

What helps make some American companies exceptional is that they’re able to hire the best talent in the world. Donald Trump’s decision to slap a $100,000 fee on new applications for H-1B visas - used to bring highly skilled and talented workers into the country to work for Amazon.com, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Apple and others - poses a risk to that equation. But the US president has allowed himself enough loopholes to avoid such an adverse outcome.