CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will sign a free trade agreement(FTA) with Malaysia on Tuesday in a move it hopes will add new momentum to stalled bilateral trade talks with other key Asian trading partners. Australia is still negotiating free trade deals with South Korea, Japan and China, with progress in ...

(Reuters) - Solar stocks slumped to fresh lows on Friday as investors continued to punish Chinese solar companies a day after the United States said it would impose new duties on imports from the world's leading solar manufacturer. Suntech Power Holdings was down 4.2 percent, Trina Solar Ltd slid 5 ...

Spain’s trade deficit narrowed in March to €3.2 billion from €3.8 billion in the previous month on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The trade balance will remain weak through 2012. Although softening domestic demand will provide some support as it cools import demand, slowing world growth and a lack of ...

Wholesale sales increased 0.4% in March to C$48.7 billion. With this increase, sales have risen nine times in the past 12 months, or 6% year over year. In volume terms, however, wholesale sales were unchanged. Three out of seven subsectors increased in March, representing almost half of wholesale sales. Inventories ...

Singapore's nonoil domestic exports grew 8.3% y/y in April, rebounding from a 4.3% y/y drop in March. Gains were seen in shipments of petrochemicals and in exports to China. Exports to Europe and the U.S. were weak, which may be a warning sign of slowing global growth.

The euro zone trade balance improved on a not seasonally adjusted basis in March, rising to a surplus of €8.8 billion from a €2.9 billion deficit in the previous month. Similarly, the trade balance improved on a year-ago basis, from a €1 billion surplus in March 2011. The year-ago improvement ...

Italy's foreign trade balance improved in March. The country reported a not seasonally adjusted surplus of €2.1 billion, following a €1.1 billion deficit in February. While depressed household consumption in Italy will continue to weigh on imports, supporting the trade balance somewhat, weakening exports will drag on the balance in ...

Trade balance with non-EU countries comes in better than expected…

The U.K. foreign trade deficit was little changed in March. The balance held at £8.6 billion in the red. Elevated oil prices inflated the oil deficit, outweighing the increase in exports to non-EU economies. The goods balance will remain firmly in deficit through 2012. The strong pound is unwelcome given ...

Republican Sen. John McCain wants the Obama administration to ramp up its free trade agenda in Asia and suspend U.S. economic sanctions on Myanmar.