International Trade

U.K. Looks to Australia and NZ for Trade Deal to Boost Exports

Bloomberg | June 17, 2020 | International Trade

Brexit Heartlands Pay the Highest Price for Coronavirus

Bloomberg | June 17, 2020 | International Trade

AirAsia Eyes Durian Flights as Part of Farm-to-Table Food Push

Bloomberg | June 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

Asia’s biggest budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd. is mulling flying thorny, pungent durians around the region as part of a plan to use its trucks and planes to send food straight from farms to restaurants.

Balkan Foes Head to White House as U.S. Swipes Talks From EU

Bloomberg | June 16, 2020 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | June 16, 2020

China Loses Landmark WTO Dispute Against EU

China spent four years fighting for market-economy status, a designation that would give it stronger footing with commercial partners while also curtailing their ability to retaliate over trade disputes.

U.K. and EU See Brexit Deal a Step Closer After Johnson Call

Bloomberg | June 16, 2020 | International Trade

The U.K. and European Union moved a step closer to reaching a deal over their future relationship, with the bloc’s top officials confident Boris Johnson is willing to compromise and the prime minister saying the prospects for an accord are “very good.”

China’s Tech Capital Winter Deepens After VC Deals Tank

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020 | International Trade

U.S. Expands Flights from Chinese Airlines to Four Per Week

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020

Johnson Says Chances of Reaching EU Trade Deal Are ‘Very Good’

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the chances of reaching a trade deal with the European Union are “very good,” but warned that negotiations can’t drag on beyond July.

International Trade

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020

China Warms to Idea of Four More Years of Trump Presidency

Donald Trump has argued frequently of late that China is rooting for Joe Biden come November’s U.S. presidential election. In Beijing, however, officials have come around to support four more years of Trump.

International Trade

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020

EU Challenges China’s Trade Expansion With Landmark Tariff

The European Union fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with an unprecedented tariff decision to counter Chinese subsidies to exporters.

U.S. Trade officials sought consulting work on rules they wrote

Bloomberg | June 14, 2020 | International Trade | Trade Regulation

Asia’s electronics sector booms, bucking global economic slump

Bloomberg | June 14, 2020 | International Trade

SMi’s 19th Annual Benelux Infrastructure Forum returns to Amsterdam in November 2020

SMi Group | June 12, 2020 | International Trade | Project / Heavy Lift

SMi reports: Registration for SMi’s 19th Annual Benelux Infrastructure Forum is now open.

Engineers Found Guilty of Stealing Micron Secrets for China

Bloomberg | June 12, 2020 | International Trade

A Taiwanese court ruled Friday that current and former engineers from United Microelectronics Corp. stole trade secrets from U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. and shared them with a government-backed mainland Chinese company, closing one chapter of a global dispute that’s stoked U.S.-Chinese tensions.

International Trade

Bloomberg | June 11, 2020

EU Leaders See Trump’s G-7 China Trap But They May Not Evade It

As host of this year’s Group of Seven meetings, the U.S. president gets to invite whomever he wants as guests. But his musings about including leaders from Russia, Australia, India and South Korea, while leaving out China’s Xi Jinping, have set off alarm bells in European capitals.

Fiat Chrysler Wins Trade Case Against Mahindra Over Jeep Copy

Bloomberg | June 11, 2020 | International Trade

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV won its bid for an order to block U.S. imports of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Roxor off-road vehicle that it said copies the look of its iconic Jeep Wrangler, the International Trade Commission said in a notice posted on the agency’s website.

U.K. and EU to Step Up Talks After Johnson-Von der Leyen Meeting

Bloomberg | June 11, 2020 | International Trade

Britain and the European Union will step up the pace of their trade negotiations following talks between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aimed at breaking the deadlock over their future relationship.