International Trade

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EU wants vaccine exports notified after Astra sparks anger

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

European Union regulators proposed requiring drugmakers to flag exports of coronavirus vaccines in advance as the bloc seeks to step up inoculations amid growing anger about delivery delays by suppliers including AstraZeneca Plc.

The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

China factories go into overdrive but exporters are not happy

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | January 25, 2021

China factories go into overdrive but exporters are not happy

Stronger yuan is eating away profits just as new Covid cases could revive a labor crisis

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Putin thrusts global food markets into Russian politics

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

Russia’s government is squeezing wheat exports to push down prices in a country with a long history of public anger over food costs.

Shipping container crunch shows signs of easing, index shows

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | January 25, 2021

Shipping container crunch shows signs of easing, index shows

A global shortage of shipping containers that’s sent ocean freight rates skyrocketing shows signs of easing, according to an index that tracks the steel boxes used to transport 90% of the global trade in goods.

EU to demand notice for vaccine exports amid delivery delays

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

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US delays effort to restore WTO’s key decision-making power

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

The U.S. signaled it’s not yet ready to engage in a debate over how to revive the World Trade Organization’s dispute resolution system, which has been hobbled since 2019, until Washington works through President Joe Biden’s transition.

Brexit hits Irish bakers amid tariffs on British flour

Bloomberg | January 25, 2021 | International Trade

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Stiglitz, Negroponte urge Biden to back Okonjo-Iweala for WTO

Bloomberg | January 24, 2021 | International Trade

Dozens of former senior U.S. government officials urged President Joe Biden to clear a path for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head the World Trade Organization after the Trump administration blocked her selection.

Canada worries about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ after Keystone blow

Bloomberg | January 24, 2021 | International Trade

Biden and Johnson strike different tones on trade deal in call

Bloomberg | January 24, 2021 | International Trade

Biden, Johnson discuss strengthening US-U.K. ties in call

Bloomberg | January 24, 2021 | International Trade

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Biden talks migration and trade with Mexico, Canada leaders

Bloomberg | January 24, 2021 | International Trade

In a nod to continental cooperation, Biden’s first conversation was with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Biden and Trudeau, according to the Canadian government’s account of their phone call, agreed to meet next month.