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U.S., Asia Services Activity Picks Up, While Eurozone Faces Recession Risk

Paul Hannon and Gwynn Guilford | WSJ | 02/03/2021

Services companies in the U.S. and Asia gained ground in January, while a continued contraction in the eurozone threatened a double-dip recession, surveys of purchasing managers showed. The eurozone economy…

Sri Lanka halts port deal with India and Japan

Bharatha Mallawarachi | Sydney Morning Herald | 02/03/2021

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday scrapped a deal to develop...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi detained for 2 weeks under import-export laws following coup

Helen Regan | CNN | 02/03/2021

(CNN) Myanmar’s deposed leader ...

Trade to be part of Biden’s China strategy, not driving force: ex-USTR official

Divya Chowdhury | Reuters | 02/03/2021

(Reuters) – Trade will be a par...

California asks Federal Maritime Commission to take action on agricultural shipping delays

Helen Regan | CNBC | 02/03/2021

Just one week after CNBC’s two month in...

Canada makes trade retaliation plans in case EU breaks vaccine promise

Mia Rabson | National Observer | 02/02/2021

Canada is putting together options to retaliate...

The global food trade has been upended by a container crisis

Isis Almeida, Ann Koh, Michael Hirtzer | Bloomberg | 02/02/2021

Food is piling up in all the wrong pl...

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