Wall Street fell, along with European equities, amid concern about the persistent fire-sale of Chinese stocks and the outlook for the Asian nation’s economy. A 5.9 percent slump in the Shanghai Composite Index Wednesday brought its plunge since June 12 to 32 percent, according to Bloomberg. “The China selloff is spooking the markets,” Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of Solaris Group …

Trade Ministers from the 12 negotiating countries for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will hold a four day ministerial in Maui from July 28-July 31 to try and get agreement on the thorny issues holding up the resolution of the deal. “The upcoming ministerial provides an important opportunity to build on this progress as we work to conclude the negotiation,” said the formal …

341 global civil society organizations – including development advocates, trade unions, farmers’ organizations, consumer and environmental groups from over 100 countries – sent a letter to WTO members today urging them to abandon the WTO expansion talks and instead focus on an urgent agenda to fix existing damaging rules in the WTO. July 31, 2015 is the date by which …