French President Emmanuel Macron warned Beijing that France’s trade deficit with the country is “not sustainable.” Other nations are following Trump's cue in considering tariffs as an offsetting measure.

The Japanese government is taking uncomfortable steps to prepare its citizens for a possible future war that its military would not be able to avoid.

China has imposed sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burials and encouraged people to consider alternative funeral practices, even sea burials. But the orders have invited backlash from mostly rural communities who see traditional burials are part of their culture.

China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.

Welcome, everybody, to this press conference to present IMF staff’s key findings from the 2025 Article IV consultation with China—our annual economic health check. Over the past two weeks, our team has engaged in constructive discussions with the Chinese authorities. We express our sincere thanks to them.

The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged China to fix its economic imbalances, echoing longstanding calls for the world's second-largest economy to rely more on domestic spending and investment instead of exports.

Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles which is the busiest port in the United States, talks to Erin Burnett about China hitting a $1 trillion trade surplus as American consumer sentiment nears all-time lows.