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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first visit to the country by a British leader in seven years. Starmer’s Labour government has made improved relations with Beijing a priority as it seeks foreign investment to make…
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order removing tariffs on Brazilian beef, coffee and other goods that were previously subject to a 40% levy which Mr. Trump announced in July. Mr. Trump cited “various officials” whom he said advised him that “certain agricultural imports from Brazil should no longer be subject” to the 40%…
Today’s ESG Updates China Green Hydrogen: Analysts warn overcapacity and tech shifts may force consolidation in India’s solar module industry. India Solar Shake-Up: Analysts warn overcapacity and tech shifts may force consolidation in India’s solar module industry. Global Aid Trends: Study shows rich nations are pulling back on development aid, affecting climate and sustainability efforts….
Two Chinese nationals and two Americans have been arrested for allegedly illegally exporting cutting-edge Nvidia chips with artificial intelligence applications to China, the Justice Department said Thursday. The two Chinese nationals are Cham Li, 38, residing in California, and Jing Chen, 45, who is on an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa and resides in Tampa, Florida,…
Washington should tighten its export controls by adding inspection staff and plugging loopholes to slow Beijing’s chipmaking advances and curb evasion efforts with support from allies such as the Netherlands and Japan, US lawmakers and experts said on Thursday. Such actions should be deployed, including empowering the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to close…
U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China – one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American history. The bust, on Nov. 10 at an industrial port outside of Lima, led to the arrest of three men tied to a transnational criminal network…
Federal prosecutors charged two Chinese nationals and two US citizens with a scheme to ship hundreds of sophisticated chips made by Nvidia Corp. to China in violation of national security export restrictions. The men used a fake real estate business in Tampa, Florida, as a front to move the shipments through Malaysia and ultimately to…
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s months-long deployment of thousands of National Guard forces to the streets of Washington, D.C., violates federal law. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sided with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who sued the federal government over the Guard deployment, arguing it exceeded the president’s legal authority. But the…
For years, many foreign companies treated China as a vast consumer base or a low-cost manufacturing hub. Now that paradigm is shifting dramatically. China is not just where multinationals scale production or sell at volume; it is increasingly where they make strategic decisions, engage in serious research and development and innovate in ways that will…
The holiday shopping season is creating fresh openings for scammers looking to snag consumers’ payment data, according to Visa’s 2025 Holiday Threats Report. Artificial intelligence is also helping criminals move faster and reach more victims, according to Visa’s scam disruption team. AI tools can generate authentic-sounding text for fake websites that look legitimate but are…