The Latest Breaking News from Geneva

A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for negotiations on the subject at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2025.

US commerce secretary says framework puts ‘meat on the bones’ of deal reached last month in Geneva to ease retaliatory tariffs

US commerce secretary expresses optimism that deal will resolve concerns about rare earths and magnets

Asian shares are trading higher after China and the U.S. said they have a framework for following up on the trade truce reached last month in Geneva

Chinese state media say that the U.S. and China have agreed in principle on a framework to carry out an agreement they reached on resolving their trade disputes last month

Trump's concessions raise questions about US leverage and China's strategic dominance.

On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It marked the first direct conversation between the two leaders since Trump began his second term — and the first since tensions sharply escalated in 2025’s U.S.-China trade war.

London to Frankfurt is scheduled to take 5 hours; to Geneva the journey will be 5 hours 20 minutes

Eurostar trains will be running directly to Geneva and Frankfurt from the ‘early 2030s’ under the operator’s plans

The operator announced proposals to run trains between London St Pancras and both Frankfurt and Geneva.

Senior delegations expected to discuss fragile tariffs deal in bid to avert trade war.