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Google’s smartphone with Asia’s richest man hits supply snag
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s plan to conquer the Indian market with a locally assembled Google-powered smartphone is facing headwinds, with supply-chain disruptions and rising component prices…
‘Time is running out’ in Brexit row over N. Ireland, Frost says
Talks aimed at resolving the dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland are failing to make progress and running out of time, British minister David…
Australia’s pandemic-hit farms to reach out to Asia for labor
Australia is looking to recruit Southeast Asian farm workers as the pandemic and a new free-trade deal with the U.K. exacerbates labor shortages in the…
Australia to decide ‘very shortly’ on WTO action against China
Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said his government is bolstering its legal arguments before potentially asking the World Trade Organization to resolve its wine-tariff trade…
Irish imports from Great Britain continue plunge after Brexit
Irish imports from Great Britain fell again in April, continuing a trend since the U.K. left the European Union.
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EU, U.S. reach deal in bid to end Boeing-Airbus trade spat
The U.S. and the European Union agreed to a five-year truce in their 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies to Airbus SE and Boeing Co. that…
U.K., Australia seal trade deal in post-Brexit boost for Johnson
The U.K. and Australia struck a new free-trade agreement as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to expand commercial ties with countries around the world…
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House panels turn focus to China competitiveness legislation
A House panel is set to begin work Tuesday on its version of legislation to strengthen U.S. research and development in answer to China’s economic…
Sea-Doo maker says pandemic boom offers industry a reset
From factory closures to the Suez Canal logjam and the global chip shortage, Sea-Doo manufacturer BRP Inc. was caught in all the supply-chain headaches of…
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Quebec pork plant strike has U.S. packers making Canadian bacon
A workers’ strike at a pork plant in Quebec is allowing U.S meat packers, who are struggling to find enough domestic pigs, to make some…