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MADRID: Spain’s foreign trade deficit decreased in June from a year ago as imports fell faster than exports, preliminary data from the Economy Ministry showed on Monday.

The trade deficit dropped to pound 0.71 billion (US$0.78 billion) in June from p…

HANOI: Although gaining strong growth in export turnover in the first seven months of this year, Vietnam still faces many challenges to maintain the high growth in the export until this year-end, according to a Vietnam News Agency (VNA) report on Mond…

DUBAI: Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) Free Zone today published results from the first half of the year, revealing a sharp uptick in the number of companies choosing DWTCA as the destination for their Dubai business, and marking an increas…

European stocks closed higher on Tuesday, supported by gains in retail and basic resources stocks as investors braced for a busy week of economic data.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up 0.6 percent, touching its highest level in more than th…

Japanese stocks fell at the end of the first trading session of the week, with mining, export and retail companies underperforming as the yen appreciated against the dollar, and after official data indicated weak capital spending for domestic companie…

BERLIN: There will be no cutbacks in state subsidies for green construction and renovation next year, Germany’s Economy Ministry said on Monday.

German news agency dpa quoted a spokesperson as saying that that the building subsidies will remain fully…

BEIJING: The number of foreign visitors to China soared 129.9 percent year-on-year to 17.25 million in the first seven months of this year, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the National Immigration Administration on Monday.

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Japanese stocks fell at the end of the first trading session of the week, with mining, export and retail companies underperforming as the yen appreciated against the dollar, and after official data indicated weak capital spending for domestic companie…