The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the...

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

The president-elect has said he will use sanctions sparingly while vowing to end the war in Ukraine, renewing questions over their efficacy.

Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say.

The United States is the biggest trading partner for the European Union and Britain, whose economies could be at risk from the president-elect’s policies.

The U.S. presidential election result has ensured a sharp turn in economic policy expected to upend global commerce and diverge from decades of American norms.

Spain is forging a path as a “connector” country, drawing Chinese investment as it abstained from taking a position on European tariffs on electric cars.

Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.

Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.

Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has floated the idea of a 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports, a plan that economists say...