Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks about countering China as it expands its global influence. But President Trump’s tariff threats have created friction with U.S. partners.

Thomas Samson, high yield portfolio manager at Muzinich & Co., joins Mahesh Bhimalingam, Bloomberg Intelligence’s global head of credit strategy, on this episode of the Credit Crunch podcast, to discuss the results of BI’s 3Q High Yield Investor Survey,

London (UKX) +0.97% to 8,954. Germany (DAX:IND) +0.29% to 24,619. Germany's inflation drops to 2% in June, the lowest in eight months. France (CAC:IND) +0.68% to 7,932. The annual inflation rate in the Czech Republic rose 2.

TRADERS BET AGAINST RECESSION AS TRUMP'S ECONOMIC POLICIES CONTINUE TO SHOW REMARKABLE STRENGTH. Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth M

States like Tamil Nadu are dangling tax breaks and fast-tracking infrastructure, helping the country shake off its reputation as a difficult place to do business.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned Wednesday that global trade is being weaponized as Southeast Asia’s foreign ministers opened an annual meeting while facing the looming threat of U.S. trade tariffs.

"This move actually extends the period of uncertainty, undermining long-term investment and business contracts, and creating further uncertainty and instability," Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the International Trade Centre, told reporters in Geneva.

Major stock indexes were little changed on Tuesday as investors digested the latest news in U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, and the yen extended its slide against the dollar on planned 25% duties on goods from Japan.