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Export boom drives Canada’s largest trade surplus since 2014
Canada’s trade sector unexpectedly recorded its largest surplus in more than six years on across-the-board increases in exports.
France backs Italy’s decision to block AstraZeneca exports
France backed Italy’s decision to halt a shipment of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus shots to Australia as tensions escalate over global supplies of the vaccines, signaling…
Australia urges EU review after Italy blocks AstraZeneca doses
Australia asked the European Union to review a decision by Italy to block a shipment of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine to the country and broached…
Commerce implements new export controls on Burma and makes entity list additions in response to the military coup and escalating violence against peaceful protesters
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has implemented new restrictions on exports and reexports to Burma, and transfers (in-country) within Burma, of…
Italy blocks Australia’s AstraZeneca vaccines under EU rule
Italy has blocked a shipment of the AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine to Australia, using a recently introduced European Union regulation for the first time, in…
U.S., Vietnam interests ‘aligned’ amid some tensions, says US envoy
U.S. and Vietnam have almost “completely aligned” interests over regional security and stability while tensions over human rights and trade and economic relations exist, U.S.…
UN embroiled in Myanmar crisis as Junta dismisses sanctions
The United Nations has turned into another battleground over the military coup in Myanmar, with the country’s anti-junta ambassador in New York refusing to give…
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China seeks to boost trade with US allies, Premier Li says
China may join an Asia-Pacific trade pact comprised of key U.S. allies that former President Donald Trump exited, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday.
EV battery-maker’s misconduct said ‘extraordinary’ by ITC
SK Innovation Co.’s destruction of documents in a trade-secret case brought by a rival electric-vehicle battery maker was “extraordinary,” a U.S. trade agency said in…
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E-Commerce spike in early 2020 gives way to increased store sales
• Total annual retail sales (excluding auto, gas and restaurants) grew by 6.4% year-over-year in 2020 to $4.0 trillion.1 • E-commerce sales surged at the…