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Debt and climate back on IMF, WB spring meetings agenda
Providing financing as countries make the transition to a low-carbon energy future and prepare for the impact of global warming remains a central...
Debt-for-nature swaps could give $100 billion boost to climate fight, says report
LONDON – Debt-for-nature swaps, where poorer countries have debt written off in return for protecting ecosystems such as barrier reefs or rainforests, could...
Debt costs mean climate spending could push nations near insolvency
The report found 47 developing countries would hit external debt thresholds, as defined by the IMF, in the next five years if they...
Germany’s Scholz kicks off China trip amid tensions over EVs, Russia
Chancellor to visit Chongqing Bosch factory amid fears of EU trade war over electric cars, but Iranian attack on Israel overshadows arrival.
London Metal Exchange releases notice on UK and US sanctions for Russian metals
The London Metal Exchange set out measures it is taking to comply with new U.S. and UK sanctions that prohibit exchanges from accepting...
US takes action targeting Russian aluminum, copper and nickel
Washington and London prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminum, copper and nickel produced by Russia.
Elon Musk, Argentine president see eye-to-eye on boosting free markets, lithium
Billionaire Elon Musk and Argentina's President Javier Milei promised to work together to promote free markets. They also discussed lithium, seen as key...
US issues over $580 million in advance EV tax rebates to auto dealers since Jan 1
The U.S. government has reimbursed auto dealers for more than $580 million in advance point-of-sale consumer electric vehicle tax credit payments since Jan....
