Venezuela has been declared in default. One prominent government critic calls its debt "hunger bonds," and it's held by almost all major mutual funds in the United States.
Progress on a Pacific trade pact that President Trump left for dead could make it harder for the U.S. to sign bilateral deals and cost American firms business, experts say.
BP CEO Bob Dudley says Mideast tensions have added about $5 a barrel to oil but barring a shock, prices are likely to hold steady between $55 and $60 a barrel for the next couple of years.
Russia could turn to the UAE to try to increase exports of its new large single-aisle airliner, the country's first of its size since the fall of the Soviet Union.