Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday hailed a continental trade deal reached with the United States, along with Mexico, as "profoundly beneficial" to Canadians.

Canada and the US reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late Sunday, after more than a year of talks to revamp a pact President Donald Trump had labeled a disaster.

Long-delayed reforms to the global trading system have sparked an increase in tensions among major economies, and derailed the economic benefits most often felt by the poor, according to a new report released Sunday.

Over the last decade, the world's major economies floated themselves out of recession on oceans of easy money and low, or even negative, interest rates.

European Union nations may boast the world's most stringent anti-money laundering rules, but recent scandals show that criminals are good at exploiting the bloc's Achilles' heel: A patent lack of coordination.

Chinese factory activity slowed in September, official data showed Sunday, as the Asian giant's trade war with the United States showed no sign of abating.

Workplace collaboration software firm Slack is actively preparing for a share offering in early 2019, which be the largest in the tech sector since Snap's debut last year, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Under the patronage of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, and in the presence of caretaker Minister of State for Women's Affairs Jean Oghassabian, and Philippe Dubois, Deputy CEO of SGBL, AUF, Berytech, L’Orient-Le Jour, Le Commerce du Levant and SGBL held Thursday the final of the contest "Femme Francophone Entrepreneure" in its 7th edition, at the Campus of Innovation and Sport of Saint Joseph University - Beirut (USJ).

Asian markets rose Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street where investors were buoyed by the Federal Reserve's positive outlook for the U.S. economy, and oil added to gains with predictions it could be headed back to $100.

Plans by Italy's populist government to vastly expand its deficit spending appear to breach EU budget rules, EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Friday.