BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) - China's car sales in June grew 18.6% from a year earlier, extending gains for a fifth straight month, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed on Tuesday. Sales totalled 2.1 million vehicles last month and were up 11.2% to 11.1 million units in the first half of 2025. ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The Trump administration's decision to extend a negotiating deadline for tariff rates is prolonging uncertainty and instability for countries, the executive director of the United Nations trade agency said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his trade war, telling 14 nations, from powerhouse suppliers such as Japan and South Korea to minor trade players,...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

04:21 AM EDT, 07/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Taiwan Semiconductor's response in the fifth and sixth paragraphs.) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) is delaying the construction of a second chip plant in Japan as it speeds up investment in the US due to potential tariffs, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The...