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  • Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

    US wheat and Brazilian fresh beef included in agriculture talks in Washington

    Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions

    Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to Brazilian officials. That is about 10% of Brazilian annual wheat imports and is part of a two-decade-old commitment to import 750,000 metric tons of wheat a year free of tariffs that Brazil made — but never kept — during the World Trade Organization's Uruguay Round of talks on agriculture.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

    Mexican border wall: Trump “proudly” signs veto to secure emergency funds

    Surrounded by law enforcement officials, senior aides and people who have lost loved ones to cross-border crime, Trump signed the veto

    Donald Trump signed the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overriding congressional opposition to secure emergency funds to build more walls on the US-Mexico border. Trump declared in the Oval Office that he was “proud” to sign the veto.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    Sponsored by US, Brazil is to become “a major non-Nato ally”

    Bolsonaro will meet US President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday during a visit aimed at strengthening economic, political and military ties

    The United States will strengthen military ties with Brazil to a level usually reserved for NATO allies during President Jair Bolsonaro's visit to Washington next week, boosting growing cooperation between the Americas' two largest militaries, Brazilian government officials said on Thursday.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

    Boeing's 737 MAX 8 and 9 grounded “for weeks”; France analyzes black boxes

    Investigators in France will be seeking clues into Sunday’s deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash after take-off from Addis Ababa killed 157 people from 35 nations

    Boeing’s 737 Max 8 and 9 planes will be grounded for weeks if not longer until a software upgrade can be tested and installed, US lawmakers said on Thursday as officials in France prepare to begin analyzing the black boxes from a jet that crashed in Ethiopia.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

    US considering banning Visa and Mastercard transactions in Venezuela

    The potential financial sanctions are modeled after similar ones imposed by the Trump's administration on Iran, North Korea, Syria and, to a lesser extent, Russia

    The United States is considering imposing financial sanctions that could prohibit Visa, Mastercard and other financial institutions from processing transactions in Venezuela, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday. The move, which has not been finalized, would represent another step in tightening the financial noose on the government of President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

    China approves foreign investment law hopefully to improve relations with US

    The National People's Congress voted 2,929 in favor of the law, barely three months after a first draft was debated

    China's rubber-stamp parliament approved a foreign investment law on Friday that was fast-tracked and may serve as an olive branch in trade talks with the United States. The legislation aims to address long-running grievances from foreign businesses, but the US and European chambers of commerce have voiced concerns that they were not given enough time to give their input.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

    Connecticut court rules families can sue Remington gun maker for killings of school children

    The gun was used by Adam Lanza, who killed 27 people, including 20 elementary school students. A rare legal defeat for an arms firm in a mass shooting case.

    A Connecticut court has ruled that families of schoolchildren killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting can sue American gun-maker Remington. In a 5-4 vote, the US state's Supreme Court said the lawsuit could proceed on the basis of state consumer protection laws.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

    Brazil to discuss meat, sugar and ethanol trade with the United States

    “We are preparing documentation and will see if we can reopen this market ... so that all of Brazil’s meat-packers can resume exports to US,” Dias told reporters

    Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said that she will discuss U.S.-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries. Dias, who will travel with President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States, said one of her priorities is to reopen the U.S. market for Brazil’s fresh beef exports, which were suspended almost two years ago over safety concerns.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 19:02 UTC

    Trump suspends Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 flights in the US

    Aircraft “are becoming too complex to fly,” Trump said.

    The president of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered on Wednesday that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 planes stop operating in the country for safety reasons of “maximum importance”.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    The EU, UK and India ban the Boeing 737 Max from their airspaces

    Earlier Tuesday, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it was banning the plane, joining other countries including China.

    The European Union and India have banned the Boeing 737 Max from flying over their airspace to ensure passenger safety. They join a long list of countries in suspending the plane, including the UK. It comes after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday, killing 157 people on board. It was the second fatal accident involving the 737 Max 8 model in less than five months.