The United ​States on Wednesday said ‌it was extending into November ‌2026 tariff exclusions that had been due to expire later this month ⁠related to ‌a probe of China's practices on ‍technology transfer and intellectual property, Reuters reported. "The extension of ​the exclusions follows the ‌historic trade and economic deal reached between President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China announced ⁠by the White ​House on ​November 1, 2025," the Office ‍of ⁠the U.S.

The families of 300 U.S. citizens hurt or killed in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Binance, claiming the cryptocurrency exchange aided Hamas and other terrorist groups by transferring more than $1 billion among accounts they controlled, the New York Times reported. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in North Dakota on Monday, comes about a month after President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s founder, who was convicted of money laundering in 2023.

Ireland wants to help Canadian tech companies scale up across the Atlantic Ocean, its enterprise minister told The Logic, as the country gets ready to shepherd new regulations on artificial intelligence through the European Union next year. Peter Burke, Ireland’s minister for enterprise, tourism and employment, was in Toronto and Ottawa last week on a mission to expand trade and investment with Canada—especially through greater connections in the tech sector.

Canacol Energy Ltd. announced that the it and certain subsidiaries filed for relief under chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a press release. The petitions for relief seek recognition of the Company’s Canadian proceeding commenced under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, or CCAA, in the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta as a foreign main proceeding. At a hearing held on November 20, 2025, the U.S.

A U.S. bankruptcy court has held Byju’s founder, Byju Raveendran, in default and ordered him to pay more than $1 billion after ruling that he obstructed discovery in the case involving the missing Alpha Funds, the Economic Times of India reported. The court issued the default ruling after finding that Raveendran consistently ignored orders and failed to participate in the proceedings, following a motion for default that the lenders filed on August 11. “The court acknowledges that the relief granted herein is extraordinary.

The United States on Monday demanded that the European Union make its regulation of the tech sector more "balanced" in exchange for a reduction of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc, Reuters reported. At a meeting in Brussels, EU ministers urged U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to implement their July trade deal, with cuts to U.S. tariffs on EU steel and their removal from EU goods such as wine and spirits.

A planned $20 billion bailout to Argentina from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup has been shelved as bankers pivot instead to a smaller, short-term loan package to support the financially distressed government, the Wall Street Journal reported. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Trump administration had been seeking to bolster Argentine President Javier Milei’s pro-reform party when they announced a pair of financial lifelines this fall. The package included a $20 billion currency swap with the U.S.

Montauk Metals Inc. filed a corporate assignment into bankruptcy pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) (the “BIA”), according to a press release. The filing comes after the Board was unable to reach a settlement with its creditors. The Fuller Landau Group Inc. has been appointed as the Licensed Insolvency Trustee (the “Trustee”) under the bankruptcy proceedings.

In an executive order, Trump exempted dozens of Brazilian food products, including coffee and beef, from the 40% increased tariffs he imposed in an ill-fated attempt to help former President Jair Bolsonaro dodge a coup attempt trial, Bloomberg News reported. Together with prior exemptions, the move will leave many of the nation’s major exports free from heightened US duties, a victory for an agricultural powerhouse that ranks as the world’s largest beef and coffee producer and counts the US as its No. 2 trade partner.

China Evergrande Group’s famous log-cabin hotel in Quebec, Canada, has been placed in receivership after the defaulted real estate developer failed to make payments on its debt, Bloomberg News reported. Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello, which has hosted luminaries including Grace Kelly and Margaret Thatcher, would be put up for sale by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the court-appointed receiver, according to documents filed this week on the accounting firm’s website.