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Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to save her Brexit deal and prevent Parliament seizing control of the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union.

Japan seeks to launch cabinet-level talks on a trade agreement with the U.S. this spring ahead of a bilateral summit in late May, aiming to define the scope of a deal with a focus on automobiles and agricultural goods.

US President Donald Trump has said he may not increase tariffs on Chinese products on 1 March, as previously threatened

A eurosceptic British lawmaker said the “Malthouse Compromise” - an attempt to redraft the contentious Irish backstop in the Brexit deal - was “alive and kicking” after a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday.

China largely abandoned a hacking truce negotiated by Barack Obama as US President Donald Trump embarked on a trade war with Beijing last year, according to the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike Inc.

It’s the miracle ingredient in everything from biscuits to shampoo. But our dependence on palm oil has devastating environmental consequences. Is it too late to break the habit? By Paul Tullis

Indonesia and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to resume talks on a bilateral trade and investment agreement and aimed to sign a deal by November

Days before President Trump is expected to back off from his threat to bump the tariff on some $200 billion in Chinese imports, it's apparent in just-released trade data that China is still trying to punish key industries President Xi Jinping believes will hamper Trump's re-election efforts.

Indonesia’s two presidential candidates pledged on Sunday to achieve energy self-sufficiency by boosting the use of bioenergy, particularly fuelled by palm oil, to cut costly oil imports by Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

In describing the dystopian fairytale that is the story of palm oil – the forest-burning, orangutan-killing wonder ingredient

Palm oil may rise to RM2,316 per tonne, as it has broken a resistance at RM2,285.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) said on February 19 that it has decided to resume talks on the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Indonesia after a hiatus of five years.