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SBP set to hold policy rate as Israel-Iran conflict overshadows growth push

SBP set to hold policy rate as Israel-Iran conflict overshadows growth push

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is expected to hold its policy rate on Monday, a Reuters poll showed, as many analysts shifted their previous view of...

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US, China reach deal to ease export curbs, keep tariff truce alive

US, China reach deal to ease export curbs, keep tariff truce alive

United States and Chinese officials said on Tuesday they had agreed on a framework to put their trade truce back on track and remove Beijing’s...

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China’s rare earth export curbs hit global auto industry

China’s rare earth export curbs hit global auto industry

Mercedes-Benz was in talks with top suppliers on Wednesday about building ‘buffers’ such as stockpiles to protect against potential threats to...

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US president agrees to delay EU tariffs until July 9

US President Donald Trump backed away on Sunday from his threat to slap 50 per cent tariffs on imports from the European Union next month, agreeing to...

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Trump agrees to delay EU tariffs until July 9

US President Donald Trump backed away on Sunday from his threat to slap 50 per cent tariffs on imports from the European Union next month, agreeing to...

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China, Indonesia will promote true multilateralism: Li

SHANGHAI: China’s Premier Li Qiang said on Saturday that China and Indonesia will promote “true multilateralism”, the official Xinhua news...

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UK strikes EU trade and defence reset in ‘new era’ for relations

Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after US President Donald Trump’s...

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Moody’s cuts America’s pristine credit rating, citing rising debt

Moody’s downgraded the US sovereign credit rating on Friday due to concerns about the nation’s growing $36 trillion debt pile in a move that could...

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Turkiye’s Celebi sues India over ‘vague’ clearance pullback amid South Asia tension

Turkiye-based Celebi, which provides airport ground handling in India, has launched a legal challenge to New Delhi’s decision to overturn its...

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India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed “no tariffs” for American goods, while expressing his...

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Gold hits lowest level in a month

LONDON: Gold prices dropped more than 2 per cent on Wednesday, hitting an over one-month low, as rising trade optimism boosted risk appetite, leading...

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US sanctions firms shipping Iranian oil

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on more than 20 companies in a network that it said has long sent Iranian oil to...

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Pakistan receives second tranche of $1bn from IMF

Pakistan has received the second tranche of special drawing rights (SDR) worth $1.023 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the...

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China offers Latin America and the Caribbean billions in bid to rival US influence

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to boost China’s footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean with a new $9 billion credit line and...

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Oil prices climb 2pc

NEW YORK: Oil prices climbed about two per cent to a two-week high on Monday after the US and China agreed to temporarily slash tariffs, raising hopes...

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Conflict with India won’t have large fiscal impact: finance minister

The recent military escalation with arch-rival India won’t have a large fiscal impact on Pakistan and can be managed within the current fiscal...

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US, China to resume talks to ease trade war today

GENEVA: Top US and Chinese officials wrapped up the first day of talks in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at defusing a trade war that threatens to...

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World shares hit pause

NEW YORK: MSCI’s global equities index was barely higher on Friday while Wall Street trading was choppy and the dollar lost ground as a US trade...

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Bitcoin tops $100,000 after US-UK deal

NEW YORK: Bitcoin topped $100,000 on Thursday for the first time since early February, bolstered by a wide-ranging deal between the United States and...

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Trump heralds ‘breakthrough’ tariff deal with UK

United States President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced a “breakthrough deal” on trade that leaves in...

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Britain and India clinch landmark trade deal in shadow of Trump’s tariffs

India and the United Kingdom concluded on Tuesday a long-coveted free trade pact, in a landmark deal that represents London’s most significant...

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India starts work on hydro projects after suspending treaty with Pakistan, say sources

India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the India-occupied Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the...

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Global economy already feeling drag from Trump tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are increasingly clogging up the wheels of a world economy which for decades were greased by predictable and...

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Samsung fights $520m India tax demand, points to Reliance practice

Samsung has asked an Indian tribunal to quash a $520 million tax demand for allegedly misclassifying imports of networking gear, arguing officials...

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Tariffs should not be a ‘weapon’, says Buffett

OMAHA: Warren Buffett warned of the perils of excessive tariffs, saying they should not be a “weapon” and that the United States would be more...

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Pakistan bans all ports to Indian flag carriers in tit-for-tat move

Pakistan on Saturday banned the use of its ports by Indian flag carriers in a tit-for-tat response as diplomatic tensions between the two nations...

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Trump proposes $163bn cut to federal budget

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a...

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Govt insists programme on track amid reports of India asking IMF to review Pakistan loan

Adviser to the Finance Minister Khurram Shehzad on Friday said the country’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme was “completely on...

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China ‘evaluating’ US offer to talk tariffs; warns against ‘extortion’

Beijing is “evaluating” an offer from Washington to hold talks over US President Donald Trump’s 145 per cent tariffs, China’s Commerce...

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Oil falls 3pc on weak demand outlook

NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about three per cent to a two-week low on Tuesday as investors braced for Opec to boost output and worried US President...

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IMF-WB meetings end without clarity on US tariff regime

WASHINGTON: Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from President Donald...

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Experts breathe sigh of relief as Trump spares Fed, IMF

WASHINGTON: Global policymakers gathering in Washington this week breathed a collective sigh of relief that the US-centric economic order that...

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Uncertainty over US-China talks add to confusion

ROME: US President Donald Trump asserted in an interview published on Friday that tariff negotiations were under way with China, but Beijing denied...

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Pakistan requests extra 10bn yuan on China swap line, says Aurangzeb

Pakistan has put in a request to China to augment its existing swap line by 10 billion yuan ($1.4bn), Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said, adding...

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China warns G20 of low global growth

BEIJING: China war­ned a G20 meeting that world economic growth was “insufficient” as tariff and trade wars exacerbated economic and financial...

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Trump to offer Riyadh $100 billion arms deal, sources say

WASHINGTON: The United States is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, six sources with direct knowledge of the...

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US in talks with China to strike tariff deal: Trump

• Predicts Saudi Arabia will enter the Abraham Accords • Says US will ‘lead the pack’ against Iran if N-talks fail WASHINGTON: US President...

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IMF lowers Pakistan’s GDP growth estimate to 2.6pc in wake of century-high US tariffs

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed its growth forecast for Pakistan to 2.6 per cent, citing the impact of US tariffs now at...

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Klaus Schwab steps down as World Economic Forum chair

ZURICH: Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum which gathers the world’s business and political elite in the Swiss mountain village of...

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2nd Boeing jet departs China, falling victim to Trump’s tariff war

A second Boeing jet intended for use by a Chinese airline was heading back to the US on Monday, flight tracking data showed, in what appears to be...

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Govt to seek fresh expressions of interest for PIA

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government will seek expressions of interest (EoIs) next week for the sale of Pakistan International Airlines, the...

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IMF sees global growth hurt by trade tensions

WASHINGTON: Rising trade tensions and sweeping shifts in the global trading system will trigger downward revisions of the International Monetary...

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Kuwait extends oil credit facility for two years

KARACHI: Kuwait extended an oil credit facility to Pakistan for an additional two years, Pakistan’s petroleum ministry said on Wednesday, which will...

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White House says China faces up to 245pc tariffs due to its retaliatory actions

The United States announced that China now faces a new tariff of up to 245 per cent due to its retaliatory measures, according to a statement by the...

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Fitch upgrades Pakistan’s credit rating to ‘B-’ on improving deficits, reforms

Global ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday upgraded Pakistan’s foreign currency credit rating to ‘B-’ from ‘CCC ’, citing increased confidence...

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India and China discuss resuming flights, no date set

India and China have held one round of talks on resuming direct passenger air services, but no dates have been fixed yet, New Delhi said on Monday, as...

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US stocks down as trade war with China escalates; EU pauses countermeasures

American stocks sank on Thursday, giving back some of the huge gains that followed United States President Donald Trump’s decision the day before to...

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World Bank investment arm commits $300m loan to Reko Diq mining project

The World Bank’s private investment arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), will provide $300 million in debt financing for the Reko Diq...

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EU halts counter-tariffs but no pause in US-China trade war

American stocks sank on Thursday, giving back some of the huge gains that followed United States President Donald Trump’s decision the day before to...

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OGDCL to begin output in ADNOC’s block by 2027

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd expects to start production in Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block-5 by 2027, while also increasing domestic...

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