Trade Balance

* Japan April exports forecast +5.9 pct, imports +6.7 pct * Trade balance seen in the red for a 10th straight month * Weak yen, global recovery to help exports albeit slowly * Data due on Wednesday at 8:50 a.m. (Tuesday at 2350 GMT By Tetsushi...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports are expected to have risen in April from a year earlier for a second straight month led by U.S.-bound shipments of cars and Asian demand for electronics parts in a sign a weak yen and global recovery are helping the...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting Chinese President Li Keqiang on Sunday a recent military standoff in the Himalayas could affect relations between the two countries as they looked to boost bilateral trade. At a...

* Euro zone annual inflation down to 1.2 pct in April * Bloc's trade surplus widens to 22.9 bln euros in March By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low...

(Corrects $246 million to $246 billion in paragraph 10) By Frederick Kempe May 13 (Reuters) - Occasionally a public opinion survey surfaces that signals a seismic event. That is the case with a new report from the Pew Research Center that measures the...

(Frederick Kempe is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Frederick Kempe May 13 (Reuters) - Occasionally a public opinion survey surfaces that signals a seismic event. That is the case with a new report from the Pew Research Center that...

* Yuan rally since Aug 2012 may be near an end * Bullish trend looks divorced from fundamentals * Companies have taken aggressive short dollar positions * If economy weakens, possible 2011-style short squeeze By Gabriel Wildau SHANGHAI, May 13...

By Alonso Soto BRASILIA, May 10 (Reuters) - Brazil campaigned hard to get the top job at the World Trade Organization this week but behind closed doors even it acknowledges that the WTO's main mission - pushing forward in global trade talks - looks for...

May 9 (Reuters) - The Telegraph FREE BANKING AT RISK AS EU WANTS BRITONS TO BANK ANYWHERE IN EUROPE European proposals that would allow Britons to switch to a bank account in another country could hasten the demise of free banking, experts have warned....

* Yuan gallops to record high close of 6.1410/dlr * Gain of 0.2 pct biggest since December 2012 * Trade surplus rebounded in April on strong export growth * Fake trade invoices seen disguising hot money inflows (Updates to close) By Gabriel Wildau...

By John Balassi May 8 (IFR) - Market tone is relatively muted early on Wednesday, despite better than expected trade data from China and German industrial production recording the best print in over a year - not to mention the red-hot rally in equities....