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U.S. Using Trade Deals to Shield Tech Giants From Foreign Regulators

David McCabe and Ana Swanson | New York Times | 10/08/2019

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits, a move that could help…

US signs limited deal with Japan on ag, digital trade

PAUL WISEMAN | AP | 10/08/2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Japan signed a limited trade agreemen...

China trade war triggers closings, layoffs at US hardwood lumber mills

Diana Olick | CNBC | 10/07/2019

KEY POINTS China used to account for about half of all U.S....

Japan says it will sign trade agreement with U.S. in Washington today

Kaori Kaneko, Toby Chopra | Reuters | 10/07/2019

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Mi...

Canada’s August trade deficit shrinks as exports break two-month slump

David Ljunggren | Reuters | 10/07/2019

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s trade defici...

Global economic gloom spreads despite bright jobs markets

Chris Giles, Brendan Greeley, Tom Hancock | Financial Times | 10/07/2019

Almost two years since Donald ...

Only geopolitics can sink the US into recession, Blackstone’s Schwarzman says

Holly Ellyatt | CNBC | 10/07/2019

KEY POINTS A slew of disappointing economic data...

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