The drop marks the most significant one on record since 1998 when comparable data starts, with some experts arguing China's new laws that decrease transparency are driving away investors.

Background and explainers on the trade war between China, led by President Xi Jinping, and the United States, and its President Donald Trump. Having started in July 2018, the prolonged conflict ...

Economic advisers close to former President Donald Trump are actively debating ways to devalue the U.S. dollar if he’s elected to a second term — a dramatic move that could boost U.S. exports ...

China has revealed hefty penalties on imports ... move in a tit-for-tat struggle that would expand the bilateral trade war, analysts said – and fuel grumblings over industrial overcapacity.