By Promit Mukherjee
OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Chinese embassy in Ottawa criticized duties slapped by Canada this week on Chinese imported steel, saying on Friday they violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and disrupted the global trade order.
The embassy statement, in response to questions from Reuters, followed an agreement between Canada and China in June to improve bilateral ties and take initial steps to rebuild their fraught trade... (continue reading...)
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A prominent entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt clothing technology startup CaaStle was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Authorities said Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette, New Jersey, promoted CaaStle to investors as a more than $1.4 billion "Clothing-as-a-Service" business that helped companies rent... (continue reading...)
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios and Lefteris Papadimas
VARVASAINA (Reuters) -Greek olive oil producer Konstantinos Papadopoulos wasted little time when the threat of U.S. tariffs was floated by President Donald Trump in the spring. He immediately started looking for alternative buyers around the world.
Within weeks, his family-run company had found a new buyer in Brazil, where Portuguese olive oil typically dominates. His first shipment of 15,000... (continue reading...)
By Sheila Dang
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron’s imminent entry into Guyana’s rich offshore oilfields solves one of the biggest problems dogging the U.S. major: where its growth will come from beyond the next few years.
On Friday, the U.S. oil producer closed its $55-billion acquisition of Hess - among the largest ever oil and gas deals - and gained the latter's stake in Guyana's Stabroek Block after prevailing in a legal fight against larger... (continue reading...)
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable suffering with no expectation of improvement.
Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are among the countries to permit assisted dying, as well as some U.S. states. Last month, Britain's parliament voted to legalise assisted dying, although the bill... (continue reading...)
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