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Some U.S. electronics factories start layoffs as trade tariffs hit

Timothy Aeppel | Reuters | 10/23/2019

(Reuters) – U.S. electronics factories are investing less and slowing hiring or laying off workers in some cases due to the rising costs of trade tariffs, according to an industry…

Cheap Brazil beans threaten to derail China’s return to U.S. soy

American Journal of Transportation | Michael Hirtzer and Tatiana Freitas | 10/23/2019

China is ...

China offers tariff-free quota for 10 million T of U.S. soybean purchases: sources

Hallie Gu and Naveen Thukral | Reuters | 10/22/2019

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters)...

US entity list ‘cannot hurt’ Chinese tech development, Beijing says

Evelyn Cheng | CNBC | 10/22/2019

KEY POINTS This year, the U.S. placed major Chinese techn...

Mexico: USMCA Would Provide Certainty in Global Trade

NAFB News Service | 10/22/2019

A government official from Mexico says global trade uncertainty is another re...

Japan logs trade deficit for third straight month on weak exports to Asia

Kyodo News | 10/22/2019

Japan logged a goods trade deficit for the third consecutive mon...

Germany’s economy may have already slumped into recession, its central bank says

Yusuf Khan | Markets Insider | 10/22/2019

Germany’s economy may have ...

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