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'Carbon footprint management system' comes amid trade tensions with the EU and countries that may impose carbon border taxes. It will focus first on exports like steel, EVs and batteries
Focus in the region was on how Indian markets performed after stocks sank and the rupee slid a day before
Crackdown stems from junta's fear of financial collapse, after a plunge of the Myanmar currency and news its citizens were the second largest group of foreign buyers of Thai condos in the first quarter of this year
Lawmaker says technology to track chips is readily available, while there is bipartisan support for requiring companies like Nvidia to build location-tracking into their high-powered AI chips...
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Asian Currencies Soar as Investors Dump The US Dollar06 May 2025
Asian currencies have surged on the back of a wave of dollar selling, which suggests regional investors are baulking at the long trend of investing in US assets...
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Trump Will Extend TikTok Ban Deadline Again as Tariffs Stall Deal05 May 2025
Trump, who said once again that he had a 'sweet spot' for TikTok, has already extended the short video app's divest-or-ban deadline twice...
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‘Trump Factor’ Helps Australia’s Centre-Left Party Win Re-Election05 May 2025
Two factors seen to have helped the Labor Party's strong victory were concern about Trump's tariff policies and Republican support for his conservative rivals....
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
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Momentick Unveils First Emissions Risk Management Service14 Jan 2025
The group, which describes its business as "emissions intelligence," has raised an extra $5 million to enter the insurance sector to focus on emissions risk management....
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Billion-Dollar Oil Fraud in Mongolia Hits Trafigura Profit13 Dec 2024
Trafigura attributed the majority of debts owed by its counterparty in the country, Lex Oil, but its own internal probe is ongoing to try to locate around $500 million....
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Ruble Plunges After US Sanctions GPB, Dozens of Russian Banks28 Nov 2024
The Russian central bank moved on Thursday to stop foreign buying of the ruble in the domestic market after the currency slipped to its lowest since March 2022...
Japan says tariffs imposed on autos, steel and aluminium cannot be excluded from trade talks, because the auto sector is a core national industry...
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Foreign Retailers Give up on US as Tax on Small Parcels Starts02 May 2025
With the tariff exemption – and trade loophole – for small parcels ending on May 2, some foreign retailers are giving up on seeking sales in the US ...
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China Says It’s Assessing Possible Trade Talks With The US02 May 2025
Chinese officials said on Friday they are evaluating US requests to negotiate on tariffs, but Trump's latest threat to impose sanctions on any country buying oil off Iran suggests the chance of any talks is slim...
Outlet says the US approached Beijing to hold talks on tariffs; Trump says "potential" trade deals are lined up with India, South Korea and Japan...
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US Says One of its First Trade Deals Will be With India29 Apr 2025
Higher US tariffs on dozens of countries are due to take effect on July 8 unless deals are reached before a 90-day pause ends...
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Apple Will Shift Production of US iPhones to India, FT Says25 Apr 2025
US tech giant will have to ramp up manufacturing in India to avoid tariffs on the 60-plus million iPhones it sells in the US...
Daihatsu's four factories in Japan will shut down till the end of January while its parent Toyota talks to authorities about what to do about the safety tests scandal revealed last week...
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Shipping Volume Will Plunge by Over a Third Next Week: LA Port01 May 2025
Officials at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach expect a plunge in cargo from Asia that could last well into the second half, if not longer...
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China Warns CK Hutchison, BlackRock: Be Careful on Ports Deal29 Apr 2025
Beijing says it will take legal action if companies push ahead with $23bn ports deal, insisting that the takeover must be reviewed by its top regulator...
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