A new investigation by Forbes magazine finds the president’s net worth has dropped significantly since he took office.   Nearly 20 years ago, Donald Trump told Fortune magazine that he could run for president and make money doing it.   “It’s very possible that I could be the...

United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has a "great" relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has told him that India is going to reduce substantially the tariffs on imports from the US.   He said that "tariff king" India on its own has reached out to...

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his trade battle with China by slapping 10 per cent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, which Beijing said it will retaliate against.   The new wave of tariffs will go into effect on September 24 and will climb to 25 per cent on...

It came as a nasty surprise to almost everyone a decade ago when we found ourselves on the cusp of a worldwide financial collapse.   Most business journalists — including me — failed to see the 2008 disaster until it was almost upon us. But these days, predicting meltdowns has become...

The US and China implemented 25 per cent tariffs on USD16 billion worth of each other's goods on Thursday, ratcheting up the trade war between the world's two largest economies.   The latest trade escalation came as officials from both the countries met for tariff negotiations in...