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Tariffs on Chinese EVs here. Here’s how Canada can square this with the WTO
Open this photo in gallery: EV cars are pictured inside BYD’s first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand, July 4, 2024.Chalinee…
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Electrical machinery, parts boost India’s imports from Vietnam by 17% in January-July
Driven primarily by electrical machinery and parts, India’s imports from Vietnam are on an upward trajectory, with a 17 percent increase to $5.8 billion between January and July this year, compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis…
Fed’s Preferred Price Gauge to Reinforce Rate Cuts: Eco Week
(Bloomberg) — US inflation figures in the coming week will reinforce that long-awaited interest-rate cuts are coming soon, while a reading on consumer spending is seen indicating that the central bank has been successful at keeping the expansion …
Trashing Trump’s tariffs is now front and centre in Harris’s campaign
In an era of growing protectionism, when tariffs are increasingly viewed as good, and foreign imports as bad, an unusual development is unfolding: One U.S. presidential candidate is vigorously bashing new trade barriers proposed by the other.…
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Why a Canadian freight rail halt would roil North American supply chains
Open this photo in gallery: Railway cars crowd the CN Rail freight depot in Hamilton, Ont., on Aug. 19.Carlos Osorio/Reuters
Canada’s two main freight rail companies are set to lock out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers on Thursday at 1…
U.S. crude oil export gains slow as output, global demand turn tepid
U.S. crude oil export gains should plateau in 2024 after years of strong growth, with domestic output expected to increase by the smallest amount since the pandemic at a time when global oil demand remains sluggish.…
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US oil export gains slow as output, global demand turn tepid
By Arathy Somasekhar
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil export gains should plateau in 2024 after years of strong growth, with domestic output expected to increase by the smallest amount since the pandemic at a time when global oil demand remains…
Japan broadcaster apologises after disputed Senkaku Islands called ‘Chinese territory’ on air
Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, has apologised after a member of staff referred to the disputed Senkaku Islands as “Chinese territory” during an internationally broadcast radio programme this week.
The presenter, a Chinese national in his 40s, made th…
With tariffs on Chinese EVs, Canada will become the new East Germany
Open this photo in gallery: The United States has imposed an 100-per-cent tariff wall against the leader in EV development, China. Canada has been under pressure to do the same.STRINGER/GERMANY
Roger Boyd is a fellow at the Balsillie School of Internat…
Looming Canadian rail stoppage poised to disrupt North America’s agricultural supply chain
Open this photo in gallery: Rail cars are loaded at Nutrien’s Cory potash mine near Saskatoon, on Aug. 12, 2019.Nayan Sthankiya/Reuters
A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America’s agricultural supp…