UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Director Shantanu Mukherjee said that this would represent one of the weakest growth rates so far this century.

Speaking at 2026's AgTC conference in Tacoma, Washington, on May 19, FMC Chairman Laura DiBella detailed the agency's overarching goal to return to its roots.

The talks, which began last year, are “productive,” though they haven’t yet yielded a contract, the automaker said in a May 18 blog post. 

Nearly 45 million more people could fall into acute food insecurity or worse if the conflict doesn't end by the middle of the year, and if average oil prices stay above $100 a barrel.

The new pipeline is scheduled to come online sometime in 2027, and would double the UAE's oil export capacity.

The site in Clark will be Pax Silica’s first AI-native industrial acceleration hub, envisioned to support emerging industries in AI, digital infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.

Iran has shown little interest in loosening its hold on the waterway, insisting it wants to maintain a degree of control even after the end of the war.

Electrical manufacturers across North America are especially invested in seeing the USMCA renewed. 

Moving forward, the fallout from this ruling could be significant for shippers, operators and brokers alike.

The 0.7% increase in output at factories, mines and utilities followed a revised 0.3% drop in March, Federal Reserve data released on May 15 showed.