WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators agreed on Wednesday to debate and vote in the next few days on more than $850 billion in spending on defense, labor and healthcare programs, as the Trump administration announced its objections to some parts of the bill.

By Rodrigo Campos and Brian Ellsworth

Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Quebec government on Wednesday said it would spend C$863 million ($657 million) over five years to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on companies and the Canadian province's agriculture sector.

By Stephen Culp

Blockchain technology will back the insurance industry again, as the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is piloting a platform built on IBM (NYSE:IBM) blockchain that is set to automate the regulatory reporting of insurance data in the US.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Wednesday that he had spoken with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on the telephone and was "hopeful" Canada could soon hold trilateral NAFTA talks with the United States and Mexico.

(Bloomberg) -- Copper plunged into a bear market as concerns mount that Turkey’s financial crisis and the U.S.-China trade spat will stymie global economic growth.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- There’s no denying that, since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in January 2017, the U.S. economy has been doing quite well. Growth in real gross domestic product has been steadily accelerating. (This chart and the next track year-over-year growth instead of the more commonly reported quarterly or monthly changes because that makes it easier to see trends.)

(Bloomberg) -- It’s pay day for $1.125 billion of Venezuelan sovereign bonds. But no one is expecting to get any money.

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey dropped off the U.S. government’s list of major owners of Treasury debt, following in the footsteps of Russia in reducing its portfolio.