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Black Friday Weekend Sales Suggest Merry Holiday Shopping Season to Come

Black Friday weekend sales data from third-party analytics providers indicate a merry start to the holiday season — with online sales taking more share.

Q&A | The New Nafta: What Does It Mean for Supply Chains?

Farewell, Nafta, hello U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Here's how the renegotiated trade pact will impact U.S. supply chains.

Farewell, Nafta, hello U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Suzanne Richer, director of trade advisory practice with Amber Road, explains what's in the renegotiated trade pact, and how it will impact U.S. domestic supply chains.

It Looks Like China's Export Boom to the U.S. Will End in January

A recent surge in exports from China to the U.S. is set to turn into a slump in January as tariffs imposed on Chinese goods rise.

Trump Moves Forward With Plans to Tighten U.S. High-Tech Exports

The measure could have a “profound and long lasting adverse impact” on relations between the U.S. and China, analysts say.

There's a Trade War Whisperer Battling Trump, One Factory at a Time

U.S. President Donald Trump’s $250bn economic battle with China has run into a one-man obstacle. A trade-war whisperer working for the other side.

Source: Bloomberg

U.S. Will Build Papua New Guinea Power Grid to Put Check on China

The U.S. and its key Pacific allies announced plans to build a $1.7bn electricity grid in Papua New Guinea, in the latest effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region.

Cryptocurrencies: Shiny Objects, or Set for a Bright Future?

If an army of optimistic investors is to be believed, then cryptocurrencies are set to take over the world.

Photo: Bloomberg

U.S. Factory Production Continues Growth Streak

U.S. factory production expanded in October for a fifth straight month, the longest streak since 2011 and indicating a solid start to the fourth quarter, Federal Reserve data shows.

Trade War Finally Hits Commodity Shipping Industry

As tariffs were being slapped on hundreds of goods, shipping rates for dry bulk — the segment that hauls billions of tons of coal, iron ore and crops around the globe — kept rising. But no more.

1116 The Trade War Has

The Brexit Divorce Rundown: Champagne, Data and Trade

The U.K’s European Union divorce treaty, which runs to around 500 pages, sets out all the ways that Britain will extricate itself from the bloc’s clutches after more than four decades of membership.

Soy Trade in Disarray as Major Exporter Turns to Imports

The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing trade war between China and the United States.

1114 Soy Trade

Blockchain Is Here to Stay — But Can It Cut the Cord With Cryptocurrencies?

Even the most enthusiastic supporter of blockchain technology agrees that it needs time to reach its full potential as a system of record for global business transactions.

1113 Blockchain Is Hereto

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