Emanuel, Burns seen as potential China envoy
Ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns are among the leading candidates for U.S. ambassador to China,…
US homebuilders urge Biden to help ease sky-high lumber costs
The biggest U.S. homebuilders group urged the Biden administration to help increase lumber supply, saying record-high costs threaten to price potential home buyers out of…
Cold snap deep in Texas almost certainly means crop losses for citrus growers
Crop losses that are suffered will come after a weather disaster took a $100 million bite out of the state’s citrus industry last July. The…
U.K. holds back trade scrutiny plan after Johnson struck EU deal
The U.K. is holding back its plan for evaluating the economic impact of new trade deals, which was prepared before Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed…
Biden builds out China team with staff who reflect tougher tone
President Joe Biden is filling out his China policy team with staff whose past writing and speeches align with the tough tone toward Beijing that…
Deep freeze upends U.S. agriculture markets from grains to beef
The deep freeze that has left almost five million Americans without power is snarling shipments of goods from corn to soybeans, shutting meat plants and…
China eyes rare earth export curbs for U.S. defense, FT says
China is exploring whether it can hurt U.S. defense contractors by limiting supplies of rare-earth minerals that are critical to the industry, the Financial Times…
Brexit trade recovers with fewer cross-channel cargoes rejected
Shipments of goods across the English Channel are recovering, with fewer haulage companies pulling out of jobs in the past week.
Bangladesh eyes investment gain as Japanese firms exit China
Japan incentivizing its companies to shift manufacturing facilities out of China and adding Bangladesh to a list of preferred destinations for relocating the factories may…
Fasken appointed to UK Government’s post-Brexit trade panel
Canadian law firm Fasken has been appointed to the UK government’s post-Brexit international trade law panel in a consortium with London-based law firm Pinsent Masons…
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