The European Union is considering lowering tariffs on a range of U.S. imports in a bid to clinch a speedy trade deal with President Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported. EU leaders are set to debate how much they are willing to sacrifice to win over Trump at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday evening. Other concessions under consideration include lowering nontariff barriers, buying more American products including liquefied natural gas, and offering to cooperate with the U.S. to tackle its economic concerns about China.
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Mexico's banking regulator will temporarily step in to replace the administration of two banks sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged involvement in money laundering linked to organized crime, it said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The nation's banking and securities commission said it will intervene in the operations of CIBanco and Intercam Banco to protect the banks' creditors and depositors. The move comes a day after the U.S. Treasury prohibited certain transactions with the banks, as well as brokerage firm Vector Casa de Bolsa, under new fentanyl sanctions.
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Swiss company Meyer Burger has filed for voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in the United States, the solar panel manufacturer said in a court filing on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Meyer Burger's operations in both Europe and the United States have struggled to compete with cheaper products imported from Asia, piling pressure on the company. Late last month the firm announced it was shutting down its U.S. factory in Arizona due to financial difficulties, and soon afterwards filed for insolvency for its German subsidiaries. In its U.S.
The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. (BA) aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect, Bloomberg News reported. EU officials expect the US to keep some duties in place, even after trade negotiations are concluded. Until now, the European Commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, hasn’t indicated if that would trigger retaliation from the bloc.
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Inflation in Canada steadied in May as drivers paid less at the pump and hefty rent increases continued to cool, though the central bank may still lack a clear enough signal to cut interest rates again, the Wall Street Journal reported. The consumer-price index rose a slightly hotter-than-anticipated 0.6% for the month to leave annual inflation unchanged at an as-expected 1.7%, a second straight month below the Bank of Canada’s 2% target, thanks in large part to the scrapping of a carbon tax in April, Statistics Canada data released Tuesday showed.
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Mexico's headline inflation rose in line with expectations in the first half of June, reinforcing expectations that the central bank should continue to steadily bring down interest rates in Latin America's second-largest economy, Reuters reported. Mexican consumer prices rose 0.10% during the first half of June, data from the national statistics agency showed on Tuesday, in line with the 0.11% increase projected by economists in a Reuters poll. The closely watched core price index, which strips out some volatile food and energy prices, climbed 0.22% in early June compared to the prior month.
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The U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites injected fresh uncertainty into the outlook for inflation and economic activity at the start of a week chock full of new economic data and central banker commentary, Reuters reported. The downside of the attacks may be the easiest to see: the potential for a spike in energy prices, a continuation of the hesitancy that has gripped households and businesses and could crimp spending, and the possibility of a response from Iran that materializes well outside the Gulf. With the U.S.
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Canada’s antitrust watchdog recommends the government ease restrictions on foreign investment in the country’s airline sector to stimulate competition–such as allowing nonresidents to own 100% of a domestic-focused carrier, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Competition Bureau issued its findings after a nearly yearlong study about Canada’s airline market on ways to stoke fiercer rivalries among operators. The country’s two major airlines, Air Canada and WestJet, account for about half to three-quarters of domestic passenger traffic, the bureau said.
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reassured the B.C. Securities Commission that a bankrupt man cannot discharge the $6.8 million he has been ordered to repay investors, BIV.com reported. On the heels of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last year that set the bar for what monetary fines and penalties can and cannot be discharged, the commission sought clarity through an application to the province’s top court that the $6.8 million owed by Thomas Arthur Williams cannot be discharged.
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A regulatory disgorgement order will survive a fraudster’s bankruptcy, a court in British Columbia confirmed — a ruling that comes in the wake of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision which found that regulatory penalties can be wiped out by bankruptcy proceedings, the Advisor reported. Back in 2016, the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) ordered sanctions against a former mutual fund rep, Thomas Arthur Williams, after finding that he defrauded investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme, which took in $11.7 million from investors between 2007 and 2010.