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Report: Certification Is 'Making No Difference' to Beverage Supply Chain Labour Abuses

Certification schemes are failing to tackle labour abuses in cocoa and tea supply chains, according to a new report.

U.S. Imposes New Advance Screening Rules for Inbound Air Cargo

After nearly eight years of starts, stops and delays, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finally implemented its much-debated Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) program — requiring all carriers of commercial cargo to report electronic airfreight data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) before the cargo is loaded onto aircraft bound for the states.

U.S. Olive Tariffs Already Hurting Spanish Producers, Says EU

The European commission has said the “simply unacceptable” imposition of high tariffs by the U.S. on Spanish olives is already having a major effect on producers in southern Spain.

Supreme Court Turns Aside J.B. Hunt on Truck Driver Suit

A lawsuit over California’s ability to set work and wage rules for truck drivers that go beyond federal trucking regulations is set to go to trial 11 years after the case began.

AP Investigation: Fish Billed as Local Isn't Always Local

Even after winter storms left East Coast harbors thick with ice, some of the country's top chefs and trendy restaurants were offering sushi-grade tuna supposedly pulled in fresh off the coast of New York.

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Thailand Ratifies Convention to Tackle Forced Labor

Thailand ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization summit last week in Geneva.

With Robots in Control, Chemical Makers Fight for Their Formulas

Four decades ago as a young engineer working for Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Patrick Thomas helped install one of the sector’s first digital computer systems: a mahogany-encased machine now on display in a science museum.

Unethically Mined Cobalt Haunts Companies’ Supply Chains

Cobalt, a chemical element crucial for making lithium-ion batteries, continues to be mined using child labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the DRC producing two-thirds of the world’s cobalt and demand expected to increase, companies are struggling to clean up their supply chains, CNN reported.

Google Bans Development of Artificial Intelligence Used in Weaponry

Google is banning the development of artificial-intelligence software that can be used in weapons, chief executive Sundar Pichai said last week, setting strict new ethical guidelines for how the tech giant should conduct business in an age of increasingly powerful AI.

Why Trump Might Cave to China: Iowa Soybean Farmers

For all his bluster about trade wars, President Trump seems willing to push China only so far: Witness the deal last week to grant Chinese telecom giant ZTE a reprieve from harsh American penalties. The reason is likely to lead straight to Iowa soybean and corn farmers like Benjamin Schmidt.

America May Need to Adopt China's Weapons to Win Tech War

Behind the daily skirmishes over tariffs, the U.S. and China are gearing up for a longer-term battle between two very different systems of innovation. To win, America may need to start using some of its rival’s weapons.

Billions in U.S. Solar Projects Shelved After Trump Panel Tariff

President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5bn in large installation projects, along with thousands of jobs, the developers told Reuters.

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