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EU envoys agree first China sanctions in three decades, diplomats say

Robin Emmott | Reuters | 03/17/2021

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Wednesday to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights abuses, two diplomats said, the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo…

Texas Freeze Triggers Global Plastics Shortage

Christopher M. Matthews, Austen Hufford and Collin Eaton | The WSJ | 03/17/2021

The February freeze that trigger...

German economist panel cuts 2021 growth outlook to 3.1%

GEIR MOULSON | AP News | 03/17/2021

BERLIN (AP) — The German economy — Europe’s biggest — will grow by 3.1...

China Warns European ‘Haters’ Over Human Rights Sanctions

John Ainger, Alberto Nardelli, and Nikos Chrysoloras | Bloomberg | 03/16/2021

China warned the Euro...

Swine Fever Resurgence Damps Hopes for U.S. Soybean Farmers

Kirk Maltais | The WSJ | 03/16/2021

A resurgence of a lethal pig disease is putting new strain on Chi...

Taper tantrum’ and inflation replace Covid as top investor worry

Joshua Oliver | The Financial Times | 03/16/2021

Coronavirus has been overtaken for the first ...

The Financial Crisis the World Forgot

Jeanna Smialek | NY Times | 03/16/2021

By the middle of March 2020 a sense of anxiety pervaded the Federal Reserve. The fast...

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