China factories go into overdrive but exporters are not happy
Stronger yuan is eating away profits just as new Covid cases could revive a labor crisis
Putin thrusts global food markets into Russian politics
Russia’s government is squeezing wheat exports to push down prices in a country with a long history of public anger over food costs.
Shipping container crunch shows signs of easing, index shows
A global shortage of shipping containers that’s sent ocean freight rates skyrocketing shows signs of easing, according to an index that tracks the steel boxes…
EU to demand notice for vaccine exports amid delivery delays
European Union regulators proposed stricter curbs on travel and will demand that drug companies register coronavirus vaccine exports in advance, as the bloc tightens rules…
US delays effort to restore WTO’s key decision-making power
The U.S. signaled it’s not yet ready to engage in a debate over how to revive the World Trade Organization’s dispute resolution system, which has…
Brexit hits Irish bakers amid tariffs on British flour
Post-Brexit tariffs on flour mean the price of bread in Ireland could rise by almost a 10th, a trade group warns.
Stiglitz, Negroponte urge Biden to back Okonjo-Iweala for WTO
Dozens of former senior U.S. government officials urged President Joe Biden to clear a path for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head the World Trade Organization after…
Canada worries about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ after Keystone blow
Canada is uneasy about President Joe Biden’s planned “Buy American” provisions and will press the case against moves that would harm the countries’ $725 billion…
Biden and Johnson strike different tones on trade deal in call
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joseph Biden struck different tones on the prospects of a trade deal between their respective countries, as…
Biden, Johnson discuss strengthening US-U.K. ties in call
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first European leader to speak with U.S. President Joseph Biden since his inauguration in a phone call that…
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