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China sues Australia over tariffs in hit to strained ties
China sued Australia over anti-dumping measures on some Chinese goods, further ratcheting up tensions between the two nations.
China may open up to more foreign cotton after Xinjiang ban
China looks likely to allow more cotton imports than usual this year after a U.S. ban on fiber from Xinjiang spurred some Western retailers to…
Driver delays and Customs chaos Brexit: Six months on
• Driver shortages remain the number one threat to the haulage industry • Brands still facing up to 72-hour delays for some shipments • Nation…
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BEA News: US international transactions, first quarter 2021 and annual update
Current account deficit widens by 11.8 percent in first quarter.
Nigeria flour millers squeezed by central bank ban on imports
Flour millers in Nigeria are turning to the street market for dollars to buy wheat after the central bank restricted the use of the U.S.…
Brexit ‘sausage war’ moves closer to resolution
European governments have agreed in principle to extend the grace period for British firms selling chilled meats to Northern Ireland, bringing the so-called “sausage war”…
Hopes rise of truce in Brexit sausage war over N. Ireland trade
British and European officials are increasingly optimistic they will avert a post-Brexit trade war, believing the two sides will strike a truce in the dispute…
Billionaire Birla won’t buy firms with global supply chains
Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, who oversees the $46 billion Aditya Birla Group spread across 36 countries, is no longer keen to acquire any firm…
China’s bid to join trade pact raises alarms, US lawmaker says
China’s efforts to join a regional trade deal that originally aimed to exclude Beijing “should set off alarm bells” in Washington, where a growing number…
U.K. begins negotiations to join trans-Pacific trading bloc
The U.K. formally started negotiations to join an 11-nation trans-Pacific trading bloc, part of its bid to diversify its commerce post-Brexit.