International Trade

Dollar wrecking ball forces investors to seek cover in exporters
International Trade
Bloomberg | Top Story | April 24, 2024

Dollar wrecking ball forces investors to seek cover in exporters

The surging dollar has hurt stocks outside the US but one group at least stands to gain: companies that export to the world’s largest economy.
TikTok ultimatum makes US firms a target for China retaliation
International Trade
Bloomberg | Top Story | April 24, 2024

TikTok ultimatum makes US firms a target for China retaliation

Now that President Joe Biden has signed off on a law that could expel TikTok from the US market, Beijing must decide how best to retaliate over an attack on the world’s most-valuable start-up.
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US solar makers seek additional tariffs on panel imports from Asia

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | Energy | Alternative | International Trade

Solar manufacturers are asking the US government to slap duties on $12.5 billion of imported equipment from Southeast Asia, setting the stage for a sweeping trade probe that threatens to make power projects more expensive.

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China’s prices are just too low for buyers to sweat about tariffs

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

China can withstand any new tariffs the world throws at it – even the punitive ones Donald Trump is planning if he wins a second presidential term – because its prices are simply too competitive to resist.

Blinken lands in China for tense talks as US sanctions loom

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

US warns of sanctions risk as Pakistan inks deals with Iran

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

China calls EU medical-devices probe a step toward protectionism

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

Iron ore rises to seven-week high on Fortescue view, China hopes

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

Europe hits China with medical devices probe before Xi visit

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

US orders for business equipment tick up after downward revision

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade

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China’s cheap EVs redraw the map of where cars get made

Bloomberg | April 24, 2024 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News

China is set to change the map of global automaking by stepping up electric-car exports that will intensify mass-market competition, according to the International Energy Agency.

EU opens investigation into China’s medical device procurement

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade

Brazil joins protectionist wave in face of cheap steel imports

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

Fortescue iron ore exports take hit from derailment, weather

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

New Zealand first-quarter imports fall amid sluggish economy

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade

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China’s surging steel exports are inflaming global trade tension

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

China’s biggest wave of steel exports since a global glut in the mid-2010s is inflaming trade tensions across the world as the metal reaches a wider range of destinations.

USTR announces White as Chief Textiles and Apparel Negotiator

AJOT | April 23, 2024 | International Trade | People | Appointments

Iran, Pakistan seek to patch up ties with pledge to boost trade

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade

Post-Brexit food checks will be ‘light-touch,’ UK minister says

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade

EU weighs sanctions on firms shipping weapons tech to Russia

Bloomberg | April 23, 2024 | International Trade

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