Washington | Reuters — The White House on Monday said a near-simultaneous release of a top Huawei executive and two Canadians detained shortly after her arrest was not a prisoner swap, but said the moves came up in a call between the Chinese and U.S. presidents weeks before. On Friday, Huawei chief financial officer Meng […] Read more
Xi raised Huawei case in recent call with Biden, White House says
Trump, EU officials announce deal to sell more U.S. beef to Europe
Washington | Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal on Friday to sell more American beef to Europe, a modest win for an administration that remains mired in a trade war with China, but he said tariffs on European auto exports remain a possibility. The European Commission has stressed that any beef deal […] Read more
Trudeau to meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA
Washington | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week is set to meet with Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in a bid to fast-track passage of a delayed trade deal, two congressional aides said on Monday. Trudeau is to […] Read more
Court sidelines crackdown on commodity speculation
A U.S. judge knocked back on Friday tough new rules to clamp down on excessive speculation in commodity markets, handing an 11th-hour victory to Wall Street’s biggest banks and angering lawmakers concerned about high prices for gasoline and other raw materials. Just two weeks before the "position limits" rule was to take effect, U.S. District […] Read more
U.S. regulator admits failure in PFG oversight
The U.S. futures regulator acknowledged on Tuesday the regulatory system had failed to protect the customers of PFGBest, which collapsed last week as its founder admitted to a US$100 million fraud spanning two decades. In testimony before the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Gary Gensler was also expected to outline his […] Read more
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