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US trade sanctions appropriate response to China’s actions
An international trade law expert at the University of Kansas argues in a pair of new articles that human rights and trade are now inextricably…
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Congress Bourbon Caucus asks US to get EU spirit duties ended
Lawmakers from U.S. whiskey-producing states asked the Biden administration to negotiate an immediate end to all tariffs on American spirits, weeks before European Union and…
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Why shortages of a $1 chip sparked crisis in global economy
To understand why the $450 billion semiconductor industry has lurched into crisis, a helpful place to start is a one-dollar part called a display driver.
Planters ordered to destroy oil-palm as Sri Lanka joins boycott
Palm oil suffered another blow as Sri Lanka banned imports of the world’s most-consumed cooking oil and told planters to get rid of all the…
Automakers want aid set aside for car-grade US chip production
Automakers want a portion of the money Congress approved for addressing the global semiconductor shortage to be reserved for vehicle-grade chips -- warning of a…
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Biden likely to name Evercore’s Bianchi as trade deputy
President Joe Biden is likely to name longtime aide and Obama administration veteran Sarah Bianchi as deputy U.S. trade representative, according to people familiar with…
Yellen declares end to Trump’s global retreat, eyes tax deal
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined the case for a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world’s major economies, part of an effort to restore global…
Singapore hedge fund targets billions for trade finance
A Singapore hedge fund that’s posted steady gains by financing commodity trades in everything from rice to cashews, is working with a global business group…
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Commerce continues to honor the lives of Secretary Brown and eleven Commerce employees
Twenty-five years ago today, former Secretary Ron Brown perished in a fatal plane crash in Dubrovnik, Croatia that also took the lives of 32 other…
Iran says nuclear talks must guarantee sanctions removal
Iran said Tuesday’s talks to salvage its nuclear deal with world powers won’t succeed unless they lead to the full and guaranteed removal of U.S.…