In a statement, the European Commission stated, the European Union will impose duties of up to 48% on imports of aluminum extrusions from China, citing exports of the same at unfairly low prices. According to an EU official, duties, ranging… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Trump Administration mulling options to include China’s Ant Group to Entity List
According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal to the Trump administration to add China’s Ant Group to its Entity List. The development comes at a time when when the… Read More ›
Wells Fargo fires employees for false representation while applying for COVID-19 SBA fund
According to a source familiar with the matter at hand, Wells Fargo & Co has fired around 100 to 125 employees for unethical behavior including helping themselves with coronavirus relief funds. According to an internal memo, Wells Fargo believes that… Read More ›
Britain’s biggest fund manager with more than $1.55 trillion in AUM, expands push towards low-carbon economy
On Wednesday, Britain’s biggest asset manager said, it plans on increasing the number of companies it assess and engages vis-a-vis climate change, in order to accelerate global efforts to move towards a low-carbon economy. In a statement Legal & General… Read More ›
Belgian 5G Contracts Goe To Nokia, China’s Huawei Ousted From Heart Of EU
Amid pressure from the United States to exclude the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei from supplying key telecoms equipment, wireless service providers Orange and Proximus have chosen to partner with Nokia for the construction of state of the art next… Read More ›
Airbus Increased Jet Deliveries In September, Targets 500 Deliveries For 2020
In September, the milestone for delivering the highest number in any month so far this year was achieved by the European plane making giant Airbus. But the company could not manage any new sales because of the conditions of the… Read More ›
IMF Urges World For Greater Synchronized Measures To Tackle Covid-19 Economic Hit
More needs to be done by the international community in order to address the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic which started n China at the end of last year and then spread to the rest of the world…. Read More ›
U.S.-China trade surplus narrows to $40.75 billion, Beijing far from meeting purchase commitments under Phase 1 deal
According to Chinese customs data released on Tuesday, Beijing’s trade surplus with the United States has narrowed to $30.75 billion in September, down from $34.24 billion a month earlier. For the first nine months of the year, China’s trade surplus… Read More ›
Meaningful transatlantic relationship EU’s top priority: EU’s new trade chief
According to a report from the Financial Times, the EU’s new trade chief has told the United States to remove the imposition of tariffs on more than $7 billion EU products or face additional duties on exports to Europe, in… Read More ›
Collapse of global tax treaties could impose $100 billion in costs: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
On Monday, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said, the global economy could see a drop of more than 1% in output if international talks to rewrite cross-border tax treaties break down and trigger a trade war. On Friday,… Read More ›