Global electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales in January rose 18% year on year, as growth in Europe and the United States ...

During the European sovereign debt crisis, robust export growth to China and the influx of Chinese capital were instrumental in driving the EU’s economic recovery. According to statistics from both ...

CHINA RISK The big uncertainty is U.S. trade policy and that could hit Europe hard ... Trade strife could drag economic growth down but not enough to induce a recession, especially since other parts ...

China's economy grew 5% last year, matching the government's target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining ...

The combined contribution of China and the EU to global economic growth and trade development is expected to become even more significant. Global economic governance requires cooperation between ...

Trade grew by no more than 3 percent in 2012 and 2013, compared with the precrisis average of 7.1 percent (1987–2007; see Chart 1 ... of trade to growth (a drop from 3.7 to 1.0 for the United States ...