President Xi Jinping urged Chinese officials to create a “trustworthy, lovable and respectable” image for the country, in a sign that Beijing may be looking to smooth its hard-edged diplomatic approach.

President Joe Biden’s administration is cautious about projecting the growth returns that the economy will enjoy over the next several years as a result of his spending plans, according to the New York Times.

Justin Trudeau’s debt-financed spending plan earned a stamp of approval from at least one former Bank of Canada governor amid a simmering debate over whether the budget can propel long-term growth.

The U.S. customs agency blocked a shipment of Fast Retailing Co.’s Uniqlo shirts in January for violating an order prohibiting imports of items suspected to be produced by forced labour from China’s state-owned Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging a skeptical business community to support corporate-tax increases to help pay for the administration’s proposed US$2.25 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure, touting greater profits.

While Apple Inc.’s attentions turned to a California court clash with Epic Games Inc., Europe’s top antitrust enforcer issued a reminder that the tech giant’s legal battles across the Atlantic are also heating up.

The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow.

American tourists may be allowed to travel to Britain next month as part of a plan to gradually reopen the U.K.’s borders, according to the head of London’s Heathrow airport.

​Tensions between Asia’s biggest economies worsened this week as Japan intensified criticism of China in a government report as an international security threat and a Chinese Foreign Ministry official taunted Japan over its handling of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.