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Trump Administration Reportedly Scales Back Ambitions For Comprehensive Trade Deals Before Tariff Deadline
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 3:15am | 690The Trump administration is reportedly lowering its aspirations for comprehensive reciprocal deals. Instead, it is favoring narrower agreements to avoid the reimposition of U.S. tariffs. What Happened: The US is now seeking phased deals with key countries, with the aim of reaching agreements by...
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Nvidia's AI Accelerators For China Under US Government Scrutiny
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 11:05pm | 572In a recent announcement, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo revealed an ongoing scrutiny of three novel artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators being created by Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) for the Chinese market. What Happened: As per a Bloomberg report on Dec. 11, 2023, every aspect of the new...
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Commerce Extends Huawei Export License Privilege
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 11:17am | 526The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will announce in a Federal Register notice on Thursday that it will extend a temporary general license for certain U.S. exports to Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and 114 overseas...
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US Countervailing Duty Assessments To Consider Currency Subsidies
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 3:02pm | 381The U.S. Commerce Department's International Trade Administration published a final rule on Tuesday that will allow the agency to take into account what it deems to be unfair currency subsidies when imposing countervailing duties on imported products. "This Currency Rule is an important step in...
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Commerce Seeks To Protect US Digital Economy From Sabotage
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 5:04pm | 467The U.S. Commerce Department has announced a proposed regulatory action to enhance security around the country's information and communications technology and services supply chain. The department's proposed rule sets out to implement President Trump's May 15 executive order that calls for...
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Feds Begin Approving Some Export Licenses For Huawei
Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 1:07pm | 757The U.S. Commerce Department has begun to break the logjam of pending export license applications related to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. of China by announcing some approvals this week, according to news reports. "The licenses that were approved related to consumer products that were deemed...
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Euro Near Two Week High on Positive Data
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 7:05am | 301The euro remained above $1.30 on Friday morning after climbing on Thursday to overtake the $1.30 mark for the first time in over two weeks. The common currency strengthened after a report from the eurozone showed that consumer and business sentiment improved. The Wall Street Journal reported that...
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Brent Slips After Last Week's Gain
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 7:50am | 282After falling more than six percent in April, Brent crude oil sagged on Monday and lost some ground as it slipped below $103 on worries about the global economic outlook. The commodity fell to $102.64 at 6:06 GMT on Monday morning following last week's impressive gains. China will have a large...
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Benzinga Forecasting Non-Farm Payrolls, Recapping Today's Economic Data (SPY, GLD, TLT, QQQ, UUP, XLF)
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 9:38am | 517Initial jobless claims rose in the week ended May 26 and the economy continued to grow near stall speed, according to data released this morning. Initial jobless claims increased 10,000 last week to 383,000 and the prior week's number was revised higher to 373,000. In other employment news, the ADP...