AZAL was to purchase 10 737 MAX aircraft – the same model which was involved in the recent crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. According to a spokesman for Azerbaijan’s AZAL, an airline operator, the company has canceled a $1… Read More ›
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Trade war with China and Mexico likely to escalate: Goldman Sachs
Things are likely to escalate before they cool down. In a note, economists at Goldman Sachs stated, they see a 60% chance that the United States would slap further tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports. This is… Read More ›
Huawei Technology to sell undersea cable business
The disclosure was made by Hengtong Optic-Electric Co Ltd in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. On Monday, a filing by China’s Hengtong Optic-Electric Co Ltd, an optical communication network products company based in Jiangsu, showed that Huawei Technologies… Read More ›
Huawei hogs limelight in opening of lawsuit in Sherman, Texas
The lawsuit is the first to be heard under the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016; as per Matthew Goss, general counsel for CNEX, Huawei is “weaponizing our courts against U.S. companies.” On Monday, in a lawsuit that is… Read More ›
U.S. Furniture Business Impacted By US Tariffs On Chinese Imports
The furniture market and the industry in the United States has been badly hit by the imposition of import tariffs – and which was subsequently increased from 10% to 25% earlier this month, on Chinese goods which also included imported… Read More ›
Germany Will Lose Access To Information If It Uses Huawei, US Warns
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that countries that would create the next-generation mobile networks, such as those made by China’s Huawei – which the US considers to be threat to its national security, would no… Read More ›
China Preparing Its Own ‘Blacklist’ Of Foreign Firms, Escalating Trade War
China is apparently escalating the its trade war with the United States with its Commerce Ministry declaring that it is preparing a list of foreign companies, individuals and organization that it feel are “unreliable”. This move by the Chinese authorities… Read More ›
Mexican senate to hold special session to ratify USMCA trade deal ‘soon’
Both, Canada and Mexico are pushing to get the USMCA trade agreement ratified before the U.S. enters into poll mode ahead of the 2020 Presidential elections. At a news briefing, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated, the government will… Read More ›
CBS Corp preparing merger talks with Viacom Inc: CNBC
Merger talks are likely to begin in mid-June. According to a CNBC report citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, the board of CBS Corp is preparing for merger talks with Viacom Inc. The merger talks between the two… Read More ›
U.S. faring well in U.S.-China trade talks: Trump
Enforceability is going to be critical to any potential future trade deal. U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed, the United States was doing well in trade talks with China and that Beijing wants to make a deal with Washington. “China would… Read More ›