International Trade

Swiss put crucial EU ties at risk by scrapping deal with bloc

Bloomberg | May 27, 2021 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | May 26, 2021

China’s scrutiny of corn imports spurs US cargo cancellations

China is clamping down on some corn imports amid concern that overseas purchases have spiraled out of control, prompting several feed mills to cancel their U.S. cargoes.

US trade chief to hold first talks with Chinese counterpart

Bloomberg | May 26, 2021 | International Trade

EU may sanction Belarus’s potash industry by this summer

Bloomberg | May 26, 2021 | International Trade

US, EU slam Belarus ‘piracy’ as pressure builds over arrest

Bloomberg | May 25, 2021 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | May 25, 2021

US seeks trade-pact dispute panel to probe Canada dairy quotas

The U.S. moved to set up a dispute-settlement panel to review Canada’s dairy quotas, which Washington alleges undermine the ability of American dairy exporters to sell a wide range of products to Canadian consumers.

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | May 25, 2021

Airlines flying around Belarus face delays, higher fuel burn

Belarus may have become increasingly isolated with every year that dictator Alexander Lukashenko clings to power. But the country has remained an important fly-over territory for airliners, particularly since parts of neighboring Ukraine were deemed unsafe to traverse in the wake of the 2014 downing of a Malaysian Airlines aircraft.