Focus on Trade
US metal buyers likely to turn to Mideast, Chile as tariffs bite
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -U.S. companies will look to the Middle East and India for more aluminium and to Chile and Peru...
Syria turns to intermediaries for oil imports after low interest in tenders, sources say
Syria's civil war decimated the country's energy industry and the new government faces an uphill battle to restore energy security.
Japan weighs Alaska LNG pipeline pledge to win Trump’s favour
By Tim Kelly, Yukiko Toyoda, John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is considering offering support for a $44 billion gas pipeline in Alaska as...
Red tape and rare earths: EU ‘compass’ charts economic future
Promising a “simplification shock”, the EU will unveil a much-anticipated blueprint to revamp Europe’s economic model on Wednesday, as the bloc struggles to...
Argentina lifts tariffs on low-cost EVs and hybrids, cuts some auto taxes
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina next week will lift import tariffs on some low-cost electric and hybrid vehicles, while cutting taxes on higher-priced...
Trump’s copper, aluminium tariffs may raise costs for U.S. consumers
MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on U.S. copper and aluminium imports will result in higher costs for local...
Louisiana’s Argent LNG sets deal with government of Bangladesh
Argent LNG's 5M-ton Bangladesh deal marks first major U.S. LNG pact under President Donald Trump's pro-energy push.
BMW joins Chinese EV makers in filing EU court challenge to tariffs
BMW has joined Chinese producers in filing a challenge at the Court of Justice of the European Union against EU tariffs on China-made...
