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With EU membership distant, Balkan aspirants seal own trade deal
With little progress on their bids to join the European Union, Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania struck a deal among themselves to boost trade.
The chip-crunch recovery will be rocky, as Apple can attest
The great computer-chip shortage of 2021, a cloud hanging over companies ranging from Tesla Inc. to McDonald’s Corp., is showing signs of easing. But not…
UAE to burn mountains of trash as China stops importing waste
The United Arab Emirates is building one of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants to deal with its growing trash load.
Biden vows to enforce ‘buy American’ rule for Federal agencies
President Joe Biden vowed the strongest enforcement ever for rules that require the federal government to favor American vendors when they purchase goods, saying his…
Republicans threaten to oppose Treasury picks over Nord Stream 2
Senator Pat Toomey and 11 other Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are threatening to block two Treasury nominees unless the Biden administration reverses its…
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Biden to decide on grants to foreign chipmakers, Raimondo says
President Joe Biden will ultimately decide whether foreign chip producers will receive some of the $52 billion in funding planned to help ease the shortage…
Secretary Raimondo names new US private sector co-chair to US Brazil CEO Forum
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo today announced Mauro Gregorio, Chief Executive Officer of the Dow Silicones Corporation, as the new U.S. private sector co-chair…
Joint statement by Secretaries Mayorkas and Raimondo on President Biden’s new national security memorandum
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo released a joint statement on President Biden’s signing of a…
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The world needs more coffee but don’t look to Vietnam for help
Global coffee consumers seeking more supplies to fill the void left by the devastating frost in Brazil won’t get much relief from Vietnam.
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US Commerce chief sees some tariffs as ‘very effective’
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said some tariffs on imported goods can be effective, citing the steel levies enacted by the Trump administration as helping…