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WATCH: Trump signs ‘Phase 1’ trade truce with China

President Donald Trump and China's chief negotiator are scheduled to sign a modest trade agreement in which the administration will ease some sanctions on China and Beijing will step up its purchases of U.S. farm products and other goods.

Democrats argue the merits of Trump’s USMCA trade deal

By Associated Press

What has become a signature trade deal of President Donald Trump's administration is a conflict point among the Democrats competing to replace him.

Why the U.S.-Iran conflict should be driving gas prices higher, but isn’t

By Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation

Oil traders therefore have much reason to be nervous. But they aren’t.

World’s largest asset manager says it will focus on climate change

By Associated Press

Blackrock founder and CEO Laurence Fink said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.

U.S. drops designation of China as currency manipulator

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration had dropped China’s designation as a currency manipulator because of commitments in the Phase 1 trade agreement that President Donald Trump is to sign with China on Wednesday at the White House.

Column: 20 global developments to watch over the next 5 years

By Vikram Mansharamani

We need to look beyond today’s headlines and think about how the world might unfold.

U.S. economy added 145,000 jobs in December

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The unemployment rate held at 3.5% for the second straight month.

Messages show Boeing employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA

By David Koenig, Associated Press

In internal messages, Boeing employees talked about misleading regulators about problems with the simulators.

Is this Las Vegas hospitality workers union the future of American labor?

By Paul Solman

Organized labor in the American workforce has declined since the 1980s, with many unions struggling to attract workers as companies voice opposition to them. But in Las Vegas, one union has broken through to much of the city’s hospitality sector…

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Why Trump’s sanctions threat revives painful memories for Iraqis

By Yasmeen Alamiri, Gretchen Frazee

Thirty years after devastating sanctions were first imposed on Iraq, President Donald Trump’s threat of new sanctions is a chilling reminder for Iraqis of the pain they experienced amid policies of global economic pressure.