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Chip Shortage Exposes Vulnerable Supply Chains

Editorial Board | Bloomberg | 02/26/2021

Hoping to address supply-chain disruptions following the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered a wide-ranging review of U.S. reliance on foreign sources for critical goods such as pharmaceuticals, rare-earth…

Election process in Bengal is putting Bhutan-Bangladesh trade under pressure

Debasis Sarkar | Economic Times | 02/26/2021

With the rising mercury level around the...

China bans Taiwanese pineapples over biosafety fears

Matt Ho | SCMP | 02/26/2021

  Mainland China has banned imports of pineapples from Taiwanfrom Monday, citing ...

Freeports: What are they and will they make the UK money?

Sebastien Ash | Paul Seddon | BBC News | 02/26/2021

Creating around 10 “freeports” across th...

House to vote on virus bill; arbiter says wage hike a no-go

Alan Fram | Associated Press | 02/26/2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trilli...

London could lose out to New York under draft EU finance deal: document

Huw Jones | Reuters | 02/26/2021

LONDON (Reuters) – The City of London’s finance ind...

U.S. Seafood Suppliers Face Trouble for Lent

Jesse Newman and Heather Haddon | WSJ | 02/25/2021

Clogged ports and full freezers are snarling the flow of seafood...

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