Global growth is expected to be 2.9 per cent in 2025 and 2026, the OECD said in its latest full outlook. The figure has exceeded 3 per cent every year since 2020, when output plunged because of the pandemic.

A little-noticed provision in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill could spark the next battle in an escalating global trade war — and potentially unnerve an already rattled market for U.

The twists and turns in U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies have not only rattled global financial markets but have also taken investors on a roller-coaster ride. Companies are counting the cost of the trade war that is now being estimated at more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher expenses,