International Trade


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Top cocoa grower seeks to avoid export defaults after price hike

Bloomberg | April 25, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

Ivory Coast is seeking to avoid a wave of cocoa-export defaults with a plan to compensate shippers for losses caused by a surprise increase in the price paid to farmers, according to people familiar with the matter.

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TikTok ultimatum makes US firms a target for China retaliation

Bloomberg | April 25, 2024 | International Trade

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.

US sanctions Iran-linked ships, firms, people over drone program

Bloomberg | April 25, 2024 | International Trade

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Dollar wrecking ball forces investors to seek cover in exporters

Bloomberg | April 25, 2024 | International Trade

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.

Blinken raises US concerns on unfair trade practices in China
International Trade
Bloomberg | Top Story | April 25, 2024

Blinken raises US concerns on unfair trade practices in China

Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns over unfair trade practices in the world’s No. 2 economy as he began talks in China, with the threat of US sanctions on Beijing for its support of Russia looming over his visit.
Colombian steelmaker Paz del Río Bets on tariff hike as China imports surge

Bloomberg | April 25, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

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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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