International Trade

Zimbabwe allows miners to export coal as Hwange causes pile up

Bloomberg | October 01, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on coal exports for three months due to low demand by Hwange Thermal power plant, which suffers frequent breakdowns, according to the Coal Producers Association.

Silicon’s 300% surge throws another price shock at the world

Bloomberg | October 01, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

International Trade

Bloomberg | October 01, 2021

A German power plant just ran out of coal in latest energy shock

The global energy crunch forced a German electricity producer to halt a power plant after it ran out of coal.

Ghana’s record cocoa harvest is bittersweet for export industry

Bloomberg | October 01, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

International Trade

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021

Okonjo-Iweala grows frustrated with WTO inertia, floats quitting

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the leader of the World Trade Organization, began the year with a plan to score quick negotiating victories that she said would help reboot the dysfunctional Geneva-based trade body.

EU makes $2 billion push to curb reliance on China’s rare earths

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

India swings to bigger-than-expected current account surplus

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade

EU, US divided on steel-duties solution as deadline nears

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

The European Union and U.S. are still divided over their dispute regarding Trump-era metals tariffs and is waiting for Washington to provide more details on proposed quotas as a deadline to reach an agreement nears.

EU, US seek to avert chip-subsidy race, float supply links

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade

Europe asking Russia for more coal Is set for disappointment

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

International Trade

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021

Philip Morris IQOS imports barred in Reynolds tobacco fight

Philip Morris International Inc. and partner Altria Group Inc. will be barred from importing the IQOS heated-tobacco sticks into the U.S. after they lost a legal battle with British American Tobacco Plc before a U.S. trade agency. Philip Morris pledged to challenge what it called a “puzzling” decision.

France to consult with EU on retaliation over U.K. fishing spat

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade

Australia will need to wean itself off iron ore export reliance

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

EU unites behind narrower trade objectives for US meeting

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade

European Union countries agreed on a joint statement for its pivotal trade meeting with the U.S. scheduled for later Wednesday, with France successfully watering down aspects of it, including on semiconductors.