World/International

From the BBC World Service: China's economy grew by 5% last year, but the country faces strong headwinds.

Experts say leaving a landmark treaty could damage U.S. competitiveness.

From the BBC World Service: Canada’s Mark Carney and China’s Xi Jinping announced a "new strategic partnership" at a meeting in Beijing.

From the BBC World Service: As the U.S. eyes control of Greenland, investors are starting to examine how Greenland’s extensive mineral resources might be tapped.

There’s been a long-standing synergy when it comes to the U.S. and Canada around oil. But the seizure of Venezuelan oil by the United States has thrown a bit of a wrench into the future of that relationship.

China’s trade surplus with the world is up 20%.

The Trump administration declared that it would control Venezuelan oil production indefinitely. But what could that actually mean for the U.S. and for Venezuela?

From the BBC World Service: China has announced record export numbers and the largest trade surplus in global history.

In the Swiss lakeside town of Lugano, residents can pay for meals, shopping and even taxes with bitcoin, as part of local government's push to lure more cryptocurrency companies to the area.

Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer says political instability in the United States now poses a greater global risk than China or Russia.