Esper signals Trump Administration debate on Huawei restrictions
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper seemed to acknowledge discussions within the Trump administration over whether to further restrict sales to Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies…
AGTC’s Friedmann says BNSF & Union Pacific need to support U.S. West Coast ports’ competitiveness
Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Washington, D.C. Agriculture Transportation Coalition, says better and cheaper rail service will help U.S. West Coast ports and agricultural…
China’s unproven antiviral solution: quarantine of 40 million
China’s lockdown of Wuhan and its surrounding areas to contain the coronavirus represents the first large-scale quarantine in modern times.
After France truce, US faces new tax threat in EU
Having just persuaded France to hold off on a digital tax that would hurt its biggest technology firms, the U.S. is facing a similar threat…
Troubles mount for UK-US alliance ahead of trade talks
Britain and America suddenly seem to be fighting all the time. The so-called special relationship has been repeatedly tested this week -- and the timing…
It’s hard to pull off 3 billion trips during a pandemic
The Wuhan virus comes during China’s busiest transit period. But that isn’t the travel sector’s only challenge.
EU, China, 15 others form alliance to settle trade disputes
The European Union and a group of 16 nations that includes China and Brazil are forming an alliance to settle their trade disputes using an…
China locks down 40 million people as anger grows over virus
China is struggling to contain rising public anger over its response to a spreading coronavirus even as it took unprecedented steps to slow the outbreak,…
EU widens tariff threat on steel from China, Taiwan, Indonesia
The European Union ordered its customs officials to register flat-rolled stainless steel imports from China, Taiwan and Indonesia, widening the threat of tariffs on the…
Wuhan virus lockdown casts cloud over industry & tech hub
Wuhan’s status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fueled its economic rise and drawn comparisons with Chicago’s role as a pivotal city in the…
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