US metal buyers likely to turn to Mideast, Chile as tariffs bite
U.S. companies will look to the Middle East and India for more aluminium and to Chile and Peru for copper as they seek to circumvent…
Colombia’s Ecopetrol renews joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in Permian basin
Colombian energy company Ecopetrol said on Monday it has reached an agreement to renew its oil joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in the U.S. Permian…
Auto giants, nuclear firms bear the brunt as Trump tariffs spark trade war fears
Automakers, beer firms, and nuclear power companies led declines in a broad equity pullback on Monday after the U.S. hit Mexico, Canada and China with…
US FAA pilot safety messaging system resumes operations
A key system that provides safety messages to pilots resumed operating on Sunday morning after an outage that began the previous night, the Federal Aviation…
Passenger plane evacuated at Houston airport due to engine issue, FAA says
More than 100 people were evacuated from a plane on the runway at a Houston airport in the southern United States on Sunday due to…
Germany’s Scholz on tariffs: important not to divide the world
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone benefits from globalisation, after…
Ocean freight rates to drop in February after ceasefire
Latest data from Xeneta – the leading ocean and air freight intelligence platform – shows average spot rates from the Far East stand at USD…
Lawmakers urge Trump to consider new curbs on Nvidia chips used by China’s DeepSeek
Two members of U.S. Congress are calling on President Donald Trump's administration to consider restricting the export of artificial intelligence chips made by Nvidia, alleging…
Rubio warns of risk of China shutting down Panama Canal in any conflict
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he had "zero doubt" that China has a contingency plan to shut down the Panama Canal in…
Facing Trump tariffs on piglets and crops, Canadian farmers revise sales plans
Canadian farmers are renegotiating livestock contracts with U.S. buyers and finding local markets for crops they previously planned to sell south of the border to…
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