Soldiers and rescue workers search in the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City on Sept. 20.
Business

Mexico's powerful quake may paralyze auto production

Hardest-hit states home to Nissan, VW, Ford plants

21 September 2017
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Economy

Surging imports mean lean times for Japan's beef producers

Tariffs on US meat little help as buyers switch to other foreign suppliers

14 September 2017
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program march in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Sept. 10.
Politics

Editorial: Trump is wrong to end protections for child immigrants

Program shields promising young people who were brought to US illegally

14 September 2017
A crane carries a car during the opening of an Audi plant in San Jose Chiapa in Mexico on September 30 2016 .
Economy

Countries locked in battle to attract corporate tax revenues

While companies' tax burden ratios decline, OECD moves to correct the imbalance

11 September 2017
Miners watch from a lookout point at the La Escondida copper mine, the world's biggest copper mine, near Antofagasta, Chile on March 31, 2008.
Business

Copper solid on China, India demand, electric cars: Antofagasta CEO

Head of Chilean miner cites Asian geopolitics and US protectionism as risk factors

9 September 2017
The chief TPP negotiator for Japan, Kazuyoshi Umemoto, at left, speaks at a meeting Monday in Australia.
Economy

'TPP 11' to freeze drug data protection demanded by US

Remaining members thrashing out details to revive trade pact

31 August 2017
Uber's leadership vacuum has begun to weigh on the ride-hailing service's valuation.
Business

Investors question Uber's value amid disarray

Mutual funds are marking down shares in the ride-hailing service as CEO search intensifies

24 August 2017
Brazil's food prices are falling as inflation subsides, giving the government room to rebuild the economy with interest rate cuts.
Economy

Emerging nations pivot toward monetary easing

Low inflation, smaller outflow risks present a window of opportunity

24 August 2017
JT is building up its presence in emerging nations, such as with this Turkish plant.
Business

Japan Tobacco staking growth on emerging markets

Cigarette business slows to a wisp in developed nations

23 August 2017
Agreement on the economic partnership between the European Union and Japan was reached at a summit in Brussels in early July.
Economy

Japan lags behind on free trade, despite EU partnership

Trade covered by FTAs to exceed 30% for 1st time, but ratio remains low

13 August 2017
Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport. Major Chinese conglomerate HNA Group will buy a stake in the airport's management company.
Economy

Chinese companies expanding presence in Brazil

Government eager for infrastructure investment amid stagnating economy

12 August 2017
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Business

Toyota to build Corolla sedans in US, not Mexico

Tacoma truck supply will grow sooner under new North American output plan

5 August 2017
Japan's preferential tariff program covers imports from more than 140 countries and areas.
Economy

Japan to keep reduced tariffs on imports from China, Brazil

Expanded preferential tax program will cover emerging, advanced economies

25 July 2017
Ecuador has decided to keep its oil rigs -- like this one in Tiputini -- pumping as much as they were before the country agreed to trim production.
Economy

OPEC needs clearly defined endgame to tame oil glut

Only patience is keeping a production restraint pact from unraveling

24 July 2017
PS Solutions offers smart-farming services in Japan.
Business

Japanese telecom groups support smart farming abroad

SoftBank helping rice growers in Colombia; Docomo targets North America

15 July 2017
India has banned the sale of cattle for slaughter on religious grounds.
Commodities

Troubles for top beef exporters feed higher global meat prices

Top importer China may seek to replace India, Brazil with more reliable producers

12 July 2017
Japan's Nobuteru Ishihara, center, leaves a meeting of the TPP 11 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministers' conference in Hanoi on May 21, 2017.
Politics

TPP 11 to discuss writing US out of trade pact

Drug data protection, tariffs among issues for negotiators at next week's Japan meeting

8 July 2017
A port worker in Valparaiso, Chile, checks a shipment of copper ingots bound for Asia.
Economy

Nicholas Borroz: China and the US should cooperate in Latin America

The world's superpower and its emerging one can help the region grow sustainably

29 June 2017
A Chinese farmer drives a reaping machine to harvest corn in the field in Guandian village, Weifang city, east China's Shandong province.
Economy

Monsanto exec sees China becoming reliant on corn imports

Country going its own way in gene modification, 'digital farming'

28 June 2017
Panama's Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo, left, poses with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a June 13 joint news conference in Beijing to announce the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between the two countries. The move is a significant blow to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Politics

Taiwan sags under unrelenting Chinese diplomatic pressure

Diminishing list of allies has Tsai administration mulling foreign policy shift

22 June 2017
Panama's Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo, left, poses with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for a photo during a joint press briefing in Beijing on June 13.
Politics

Taiwan alarmed by Chinese overtures to its diplomatic allies

Panama's switch could ripple through Central and South America

22 June 2017
The AIIB approved a loan of $216.5 million for the National Slum Upgrading Project in Indonesia on June 24, 2016.
Finance

The AIIB adds members and distances itself from Beijing

Chinese-led bank continues to play it safe with syndicated loans in second year

22 June 2017
A port worker in Valparaiso, Chile, checks a shipment of copper ingots bound for Asia.
Economy

US and China can work together in Latin America

Interests should be seen as complementary, which would benefit the region

20 June 2017