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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.
U.K. still deeply split on Brexit five years after referendum
Five years on from the knife-edge Brexit referendum, the U.K. remains deeply divided over leaving the European Union, a study found -- though a repeat…
Nutrien to boost potash output amid sanctions against Belarus
Nutrien Ltd., the world’s biggest fertilizer company, plans to increase its 2021 potash production by 500,000 metric tons in response to tighter global markets.
China’s progress on US trade deal slowed again in May
China’s imports of American goods slowed again in May, putting the purchase targets agreed with the U.S. in the 2020 trade deal even further out…
EU sanctions Russian billionaire as US joins action on Belarus
The U.S., the U.K. and the European Union sanctioned dozens of Belarusian individuals and organizations on Monday in a coordinated response to last month’s forced…
Where elephants roam, leaders float idea of reviving ivory trade
Four southern African nations are considering breaking away from the United Nations’ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to set up a parallel organization…