There was a lot riding on last week’s plastics negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, but talks fell at the final hurdle.

The UN eyes further negotiations, but global discord on limiting an escalating crisis makes next steps unclear.

Days before winning his second presidential term, Donald Trump made a bold promise: if he returned to the White House, he ...

The United States and China have extended a trade truce for another 90 days, the latest development in a months-long showdown between the two economic powerhouses.

April 2 - Trump escalates global trade friction with sweeping "liberation day" tariffs, announcing a baseline 10% across all imports and significantly higher duties on some countries. Trump levies 34% ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has targeted top economic rival China with a cascade of tariff orders on billions of dollars of ...

The executive order staves off triple-digit duties on Chinese goods as U.S. retailers prepared for the critical end-of-year holiday season.

The previous deadline was set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Had that happened, the U.S. could have ratcheted up taxes on ...

Procedural rules for the plastics treaty negotiations say that, for substantive issues, delegates “ shall make every effort ” ...

U.N. negotiators have 10 days to craft a global plastic treaty. Environmental advocates say reaching an agreement to cap ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...