TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in April as customers stockpiled the island's high-tech products before any U.S. tariffs take effect, which could drive first-half exports to a new high.
Exports jumped 29.9% from the same month a year ago to $48.66 billion, the second-highest monthly figure on record, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. That exceeded a forecast of 16% in a Reuters poll and eclipsing March's 18.6% rise,... (continue reading...)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would raise the case of jailed Hong Kong activist and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai as "part of the negotiation" with China over trade and tariffs, a move that could further stoke tensions with Beijing.
"I think talking about Jimmy Lai is a very good idea," Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday. "We'll put it down, and we'll put it down as part of the negotiation."
... (continue reading...)FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Foreign workers accounted for much of the euro zone's economic growth since the pandemic and could help the bloc overcome the economic constraints of an ageing and shrinking labour market, a European Central Bank study concluded on Thursday.
Foreigners accounted for half of the bloc's labour force growth in the past three years, helping to alleviate labour shortages and starting to make a greater contribution in higher skills jobs,... (continue reading...)
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. container imports surged in April as companies raced to avoid President Donald Trump's tariffs, which now include a 145% duty on goods from China, but executives at the country's two busiest ports said the trend looked set to reverse in May.
April container imports jumped 9.1% from a year earlier to top 2.4 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the second-highest on record for the month, supply... (continue reading...)
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Huawei will launch its first laptop with the self-developed Harmony operating system on May 19, the company said in a social media post on Thursday.
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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