With China still thawing, Australia looks to double India trade
Australia is eyeing India’s burgeoning middle class to help offset the economic damage wrought to some of its major exports by the twin headwinds of…
Gates-backed venture plans to build $760 million battery plant
Form Energy Inc., an energy-storage company backed by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is planning a $760 million factory in West Virginia, the latest plant…
A fruit company found cocaine in its banana shipment. This Dutch town paid the price
Cocaine often hitches a ride from Latin America in the same ships that carry produce. The drug is swamping Europe, and some communities have been…
Holiday season shipments drop in December as retailers keep inventories low
New data from FourKites
Fast-thawing China-Australia ties raise hopes for trade easing
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s visit to Beijing this week cemented a surprisingly fast thaw in diplomatic relations with China, although it remains to be…
State agriculture officials celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of Taylor for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
The U.S. Senate has confirmed former Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Alexis Taylor for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. National…
China’s imports of chip-making gear drop to lowest since mid-2020
China’s purchases of machines to make computer chips contracted in November to their lowest in more than two years, hammered by cratering electronics demand and…
WTO on ‘thin ice’ with metals-tariff ruling, US trade chief says
The World Trade Organization “is getting itself on very, very thin ice” by ruling that the US violated trade rules with Trump-era steel and aluminum…
UK businesses hitting a ‘brick wall’ as Brexit dents exports
Brexit has damaged the ability of UK companies to compete in the European Union, with businesses “banging their heads against a brick wall,” according to…
Peru fruit farmers lose out on $150 million of exports in political chaos
Fruit-exporting powerhouse Peru is loading thousands of containers of produce after the clearing of roadblocks that caused an estimated $150 million in crop shipment losses.
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