Commentary:Over the last two weeks, every household in Sweden received a booklet of instructions on how to prepare for war. Issued by the government, it was a dramatic sign of just how quickly the recently unthinkable has become something Europe’s Nordic governments in particular feel they must address, writes Peter Apps.
ExxonMobil’s global oil marketing team stormed into China this week hoping to elbow aside rivals and gain access to the nation’s “teapot” refining market, executives told Reuters.
Washington will announce plans to impose tariffs on EU steel and aluminum imports as early as today, two sources said, while a magazine reported Trump was now focused on pushing German cars from the country.
Foreign banks and funds are set to benefit from a move by U.S. regulators to simplify a trading rule that foreign banks and regulators say has inadvertently ensnared firms operating as far afield as Europe and Asia.
The aluminum empire of Russian magnate Oleg Deripaska is in close contact with the U.S. Treasury, but needs until mid-summer to come up with a plan to meet U.S. requirements to escape sanctions, the chairman of its holding company told Reuters.
