The illicit oil trade in Libya, fueled by heavily subsidized fuels being smuggled abroad, is sustaining the country’s rival political factions. The practice has created a steady revenue stream for armed groups,
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking to compel Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to divest critical components of its digital advertising empire, in a bid to dismantle what a federal judge
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As the Halloween season approaches, U.S. retailers and consumers are bracing for frightening price hikes on festive goods, driven by the Trump administration’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese imports. Nearly 90 percent
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China has quietly begun exempting a select group of U.S. imports from tariffs, a move that could affect up to $40 billion worth of goods and appears designed to shield its economy
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McDonald’s has reported its steepest decline in U.S. same-store sales since the pandemic, as economic uncertainty and rising consumer anxiety — fueled by President Trump’s renewed trade war — take a toll
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The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), Sri Lanka’s leading apparel industry body, has thrown its full support behind the government’s efforts to secure more equitable tariff terms in ongoing trade discussions with
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Microsoft has pledged to legally defend continued access to its cloud services on the continent — even if it means challenging the U.S. government in court. The announcement comes amid renewed fears
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China’s top economic officials have expressed confidence that the country can manage without American farm and energy imports, despite the ongoing trade war with the United States. In a series of statements
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The US liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has issued a strong warning to the Trump administration, saying it cannot comply with new shipping rules that threaten to disrupt America’s booming energy export
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Japanese trade negotiators are bracing for difficult talks with U.S. officials after Donald Trump revived a baffling claim about a Japanese car safety test — one that, in reality, does not exist.
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China has quietly lifted its steep retaliatory tariffs on certain semiconductor imports from the United States, a move that may signal a softening of trade tensions between the two economic superpowers. According
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