U.S. exports took a hit from an ailing global economy in August and imports from China surged, fueling the largest expansion of America's trade deficit in five months.

The artcle from last year talks about the effects of war in Ukraine's financial stability. Ukraine's financial crisis deepened, as the National Bank drastically limited access to scarce foreign currency in a fresh effort to halt the hryvnia currency's free fall, and Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to halt gas deliveries. The National Bank introduced a three-day ban on foreign-exchange purchases by companies through banks, and limited purchases by banks to 0.5% of their capital.

The European Union and America are to open negotiations with the aim of creating the world's biggest free trade area worth €86bn (£75bn) within two years.

The weakness in the real is causing companies to delay plans, and the market for initial public offerings has been effectively frozen. The country is in political turmoil and president Dilma Rousseff struggles to get a budget through Congress. The real has fallen 33% this year against dollar and this had huge effects on domestic companies. These are talked through this article

The article talks about the huge increases in US's trade deficits. The size of the gap is higher then ever seen before and the increase is huge with a 15.6 percent. The article also talks about China's effect in imports and US currency