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Supply Snarls Disrupt Chips and Ships as Higher Costs Abound

Enda Curran | Bloomberg | 03/17/2021

The knotted supply chains that have dogged manufacturers the world over through the pandemic are showing few signs of a quick unwind even as the public-health crisis eases, adding fuel to…

After the pineapple ban, will Beijing’s sweeteners tempt Taiwan’s farmers?

Mimi Lau and Lawrence Chung | South China Morning Post | 03/17/2021

Beijing is offe...

The Rock Standing in the Way of China’s Climate Ambitions: Coal

Chris Buckley | NY Times | 03/17/2021

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, has promoted an uplifting ...

EU envoys agree first China sanctions in three decades, diplomats say

Robin Emmott | Reuters | 03/17/2021

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on...

Texas Freeze Triggers Global Plastics Shortage

Christopher M. Matthews, Austen Hufford and Collin Eaton | The WSJ | 03/17/2021

The February freeze that trigger...

German economist panel cuts 2021 growth outlook to 3.1%

GEIR MOULSON | AP News | 03/17/2021

BERLIN (AP) — The German economy — Europe’s biggest — will grow by 3.1...

China Warns European ‘Haters’ Over Human Rights Sanctions

John Ainger, Alberto Nardelli, and Nikos Chrysoloras | Bloomberg | 03/16/2021

China warned the Euro...

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