Surging Fertilizer costs risk making food even pricier next year
Most people don’t give fertilizer a second thought -- except maybe when driving through a particularly fragrant agricultural area. But with prices for some synthetic…
China neighbors worry Australia sub deal will destabilize region
France isn’t the only country upset about a new security pact between the U.S., U.K. and Australia: Some Southeast Asian nations are also worried the…
Gates raises $1 billion as corporate CEOs join race to scale clean tech
Bill Gates raised more than $1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, drawing on BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink and Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella…
Delta is producing a significant change in the U.S. economy
During the spring and early summer, with the pandemic fading, businesses fully reopened and people traveling again, it appeared that 2021 would be a year…
Biden Signs Executive Order authorizing Ethiopia sanctions
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against those prolonging conflict in northern Ethiopia, adding pressure on parties to end the civil…
U.S. hardwood tariff exemptions to be extended
The initial confirmation of the extensions was confirmed through the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Beijing and they are currently working on an official…
Top China forecaster sees GDP growth near zero in third quarter
China’s tough virus curbs mean economic activity in the third quarter could be close to flat compared with the previous three months, while full-year growth…
China halts Vietnam’s $1 billion dragon fruit trade over Covid
China has suspended imports of dragon fruit from Vietnam saying it found traces of the coronavirus, temporarily halting a $1 billion market as Beijing continues…
Iron-clad Australia budget crumbles as metal tumbles, Covid hits
Australia’s fiscal coffers are under assault on two fronts as its largest export goes into free-fall while the nation’s biggest cities and swathes of the…
China formally applies to join Asian trade deal Trump abandoned
Beijing has applied to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact once pushed by the U.S. as a way to isolate China and solidify American dominance in…
Get the most up-to-date trending news!
SubscribeIndustry updates and weekly newsletter direct to your inbox!
Follow us on social media:
