EU leaders have prepared a draft guideline for Michel Barnier, EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, before the commencing of Brexit negotiations. Leaders across the European Union have warned Britain that if it were to assume that its financial services industry… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
A 20% duty hike on Canadian timber will make the cost of home material and renovation costlier for U.S. citizens
The U.S. has alleged that Canadian timber is procured from government land while back home in the U.S. they had to cut timber from private lands. It would be interesting to see who own these vast tracts of land and… Read More ›
In French Presidential Campaign, US Eyes Russian Meddling
Saying that the tactics being used are similar to those deployed in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, U.S. officials are warning of Russian interference in the hotly contested race as voters in France prepare for their presidential election Sunday. Russian… Read More ›
The violation of consumer protection laws
The fire power of Republican attorney generals could protect Exxon Mobil against probing questions of whether it willfully violated consumer protection laws. As per a filing in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, a group of eleven state attorneys general… Read More ›
U.S. Federal Reserve fines Deutsche Bank $156.6 million for violating forex rules
Transcript of traders communicating in online chat rooms, which had led Deutsche Bank to settle in an earlier probe by Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade in December, show that banks had worked together to manipulate forex rates. The U.S. Federal Reserve… Read More ›
Trump pulls up China over cheap steel import
The Trump administration has taken China to task for its strategy of dumping cheap imports, in this case steel, into other countries as a policy. Citing national security concerns, U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a probe against exporters of… Read More ›
Companies Plot Their Plan B As Uncertainty Looms over French Presidential Elections
Amid the growing prospect that Marine Le Pen or Jean-Luc Melenchon could win the presidency on platforms of raising trade barriers and potentially exiting the euro currency bloc, French companies are stealthily preparing for the worst. In the case of a… Read More ›
Brexit is more than just what meets the eye
Here are the views of EU’s foreign policy chief on Brexit during her visit to Beijing. Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has stated that Britain is set to lose more than just its membership in the EU… Read More ›
Jeremy Corbyn to take on UK’s ‘cosy cartel’ which protects the weathy
“These rules have created a cosy cartel which rigs the system in favor of a few powerful and wealthy individuals and corporations… But things can, and they will, change.” – Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn, Britain’s opposition leader has vowed to… Read More ›
General Motors may have to write off its investments in Venezuela
General Motor’s factories in Venezuela have been seized by the government. Crisis laden leftist-ruled Venezuela has seized a plant belonging to General Motors. The American company stated that Venezuelan authorities had illegally seized its plant in the industrial hub of… Read More ›