Graves Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members for the 117th Congress
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the Ranking Members of the panel’s six subcommittees for the 117th Congress.
India imposes duty on cotton imports to support farmers
India, the world’s biggest cotton grower, imposed a 10% duty on imports of the fiber to help farmers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her…
White-sugar spread near record high on container shortage worry
White-sugar spreads were near a record high as a shipping container shortage increased demand for break-bulk supplies delivered though the exchange.
Biden to focus on trade enforcement after years of Trump tariffs
President Joe Biden’s administration is setting up its trade policy to prioritize enforcement of existing commitments by the U.S.’s partners over negotiating more deals to…
U.K. to launch formal bid to join Transpacific trading bloc
The U.K. will formally request to join an 11-member transpacific trading bloc Monday, with negotiations expected to start later this year.
U.S. cotton output undercut by rally in grains
Cotton’s abundance is under threat for the world’s largest supplier.
Yellen faces ‘currency war’ redux as strong dollar ditched
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces one more headache on an agenda packed with everything from Covid-19 relief to addressing inequality and overhauling tax policy: tensions…
EU poised to ban vaccine exports as shortage crisis mounts
The European Union is poised to ban Covid-19 vaccine exports if drugmakers fail to meet delivery targets within the bloc, stepping up its battle for…
US to press Taiwan, TSMC to resolve auto chip crunch
Biden administration officials have called an ad-hoc meeting next week with Taiwan government and industry officials, during which they’re expected to pressure Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…
IRobot files patent suit seeking US removal of Roomba rival
IRobot Corp., maker of Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners, has filed a new patent-infringement complaint seeking to get rival JS Global Lifestyle Co.’s SharkNinja vacuums and…
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