Bayer could be close to Roundup settlement, mediator says
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
You’re stealing our water: Germans protest against Tesla gigafactory
BERLIN (Reuters) – Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is…
InterCure gets Israel’s first imported medical cannabis shipment
FILE PHOTO: Ehud Barak, chairman of InterCure, a holding company of small medical firms, that bought medical cannabis developer Canndoc,…
Mexico says ‘good progress’ on trade deal although work remains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiators working to close a new North American trade deal have made “good progress” but many elements…
China November iron ore imports down for second month as top miners ship less
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s iron ore imports fell for a second straight month in November, customs data showed on Sunday,…
China copper imports hit 13-month high in November on improved factory activity
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s copper imports rose 12.1% in November from the previous month to their highest in more than…
Saudi Aramco won’t breach maximum weight for firms in Saudi index: Argaam
FILE PHOTO: A sign of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) is seen during a news conference by the state…
Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an emergency: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Thyssenkrupp CEO Kerkhoff to leave, chairwoman Merz to take over
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) said on Tuesday it will start talks soon to end the contract of current Chief…
CO2 goals to complicate PSA, Renault labor talks
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault (RENA.PA) and PSA Group (PEUP.PA) face a potential stand-off with French workers worried that an industry…
China to raise import tariffs on U.S. scrap copper, aluminum from December 15
FILE PHOTO: A worker drives a forklift past aluminum rolls at a factory in Huaibei, Anhui province, China March 2,…
WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
FILE PHOTO: A young woman reacts as a health worker injects her with the Ebola vaccine, in Goma, Democratic Republic…
Peru suspends key permit for Southern Copper in U-turn on Tia Maria project
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru on Friday suspended a recently issued construction permit for Southern Copper’s Tia Maria mine, a project…
Johannesburg court approves $353 million silicosis settlement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A Johannesburg High Court on Friday approved a 5 billion rand ($353 million) class action settlement between…
Trump’s tariffs trip up the all-American RV industry
ELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) – Carrie Gray points to a stack of unwelcome mail on a conference table at the offices…
EU open to talks with U.S. in aircraft subsidies dispute
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union said on Tuesday it was open to talks with Washington in a dispute over…
Chicken producer Perdue enters crowded plant-based meat market
(Reuters) – Perdue Foods, one of America’s largest chicken producers, said it will sell frozen chicken nuggets mixed with cauliflower,…
Explainer: U.S. dependence on China’s rare earth – Trade war vulnerability
(Reuters) – Rare earth elements are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors,…
Gold miners must focus on returns, mergers to attract investment: Barrick CEO
LONDON (Reuters) – Gold miners must focus on maximizing returns and more mergers to attract investors seeking to diversify after…
Mexico says it is close to U.S. metals tariff deal, waiting for Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico is close to resolving its dispute with the United States over steel and aluminum tariffs without…
Explainer: Who pays Trump’s tariffs – China and other exporters or U.S. customers?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent…
Gardner Denver to merge with Ingersoll-Rand division: WSJ
FILE PHOTO – Vicente Reynal, CEO of Gardner Denver, rings a ceremonial bell to celebrate his company’s IPO on the…
Trump pressed Japan’s Abe to build more vehicles in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office at the White House in…
Samsung plans $116 billion investment in non-memory chips to challenge TSMC, Qualcomm
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to invest $116 billion in non-memory chips through 2030, to cut its…
Trump on China trade spat: ‘We’re going to win either way’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a tour of Nuss Truck & Equipment in Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S., April 15, 2019.…
Scrapping India’s trade privileges could hit U.S. consumers, senators say
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A U.S. plan to end preferential duty-free imports of up to $5.6 billion from India could…
Musk says $35,000 Model 3 to reach volume production mid-year
SpaceX founder Elon Musk looks on at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew…
Mexico eyes fresh U.S. targets for tariffs to pressure Trump over steel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Friday threatened to slap duties on new U.S. products in retaliation for the…
Thyssenkrupp employees will not support Tata JV at any price
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Labor leaders, who hold half the seats on Thyssenkrupp’s supervisory board, will not support a planned…
EU antitrust policy under fire after Siemens-Alstom deal blocked
BRUSSELS/ZURICH (Reuters) – Siemens and Alstom’s plan to create a European rail champion collapsed on Wednesday after EU regulators blocked…
White House says March 1 is hard deadline for China trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sees March 1 as a hard deadline to reach a trade deal with China,…
Global auto leaders urge Trump administration to end trade turmoil
DETROIT (Reuters) – Auto executives gathered in Detroit on Monday called on the Trump administration and Congress to resolve trade…
VW embarks on $50 billion electrification plan
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) expects to become the most profitable manufacturer of electric cars thanks to a multi-billion…
Canada’s Barrick Gold to buy Randgold Resources in $18.3 billion deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Randgold Resources Ltd (RRS.L) said on Monday it agreed to the terms of a recommended share-for-share merger…
U.S. says China’s steel wheels subsidized, will impose duties on imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it had made a preliminary determination that imports of certain…
Trade tensions may power down China’s robot industry
BEIJING (Reuters) – At a trade show in southern Beijing, children and parents crowd around a group of pink and…
Trump backs boycott of Harley Davidson in steel tariff dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump backed boycotting American motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson Inc (HOG.N) on Sunday, the latest salvo…
GM squeezes pounds and pennies to attack Ford’s pickup profit machine
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Reuters) – When General Motors Co (GM.N) engineers were developing the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra…
China to slap additional tariffs on $16 billion of U.S. goods
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is slapping additional tariffs of 25 percent on $16 billion worth of U.S. imports from fuel…
Glencore gets U.S. subpoena on compliance with money-laundering laws
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have demanded the U.S. arm of Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) hand over documents relating to its…
EU warns U.S. of boomerang effect if Trump imposes car levies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has warned the United States that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts…
Trump aide says Canada’s Trudeau overreacting to trade dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trade frictions between the United States and Canada are a “family quarrel,” President Donald Trump’s economic adviser…
G7 finance chiefs kick trade dispute to leaders’ summit in Quebec
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Finance leaders of the closest U.S. allies vented anger over the Trump administration’s metal import…
U.S. isolated at G7 meeting as tariffs prompt retaliation
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – The United States’ closest allies attacked the Trump administration on Friday for imposing tariffs on…
U.S. allies hit back at Washington’s steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated with levies on billions of dollars of U.S. goods from orange juice to…
U.S. allies hit back at Washington’s steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated against the United State’s decision on Thursday to impose tariffs on steel and…
U.S. hits allies with tariffs as risk of trade war rises
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it will impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada,…
EU trade chief to meet U.S. peers Ross, Lighthizer in Paris on Wednesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s top trade official Cecilia Malmstrom will meet U.S. counterparts Wilbur Ross and Robert Lighthizer in Paris…
Trump metals tariffs make Granite City great again, but at what cost?
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (Reuters) – After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 on a pledge to “Make America Great…
U.S. launches auto import probe, China says will defend interests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports that could lead…
Trump says U.S. may launch national security probe of vehicle imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he asked his commerce secretary to considering opening an investigation…
German companies worry Trump moving toward ‘America Alone’
BERLIN (Reuters) – German companies are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump is increasingly thinking only of America rather than…
Mexico says NAFTA deal unlikely this week, signing possible this year
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy minister said on Tuesday that he saw diminishing chances for a new North American…
South Africa miners reach $400 million silicosis settlement with mining companies
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African gold producers agreed a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with…
German business leaders fear U.S. tariffs after Merkel-Trump talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German business leaders voiced disappointment on Saturday over the outcome of talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and…
Oil, gold to gain on Syria strikes; Russian retaliation in focus
LONDON (Reuters) – Gold and oil will extend their gains on Monday, albeit modestly, when markets open for the first…
Exclusive: Sinopec USA turns copper buyer to supply China operations – sources
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. unit of China’s oil major Sinopec Corp (0386.HK) is procuring copper to send to its…
Asia’s biggest exporters bristle over U.S. tariffs, fanning trade war fears
TOKYO (Reuters) – Major Asian nations reacted sharply on Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on…
Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs but exempts Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and…
Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs but exempts Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and…