The European Union urged London on Tuesday to consider a Swiss-style veterinary agreement with Brussels on agri-foods to end a post-Brexit 'sausage war' row over certain goods moving between Britain and its province of Northern Ireland.

China plans to increase its use of steel scrap by 23 per cent to 320 million tonnes by 2025 and to increase production of recycled nonferrous metals, in an effort to ensure supplies and to meet the country's climate commitments.

From offshore wind farms in Britain to floating solar power plants in Vietnam, about 13,000 renewable energy projects in nearly 50 countries are waiting for finance - and could create up to 10 million green jobs, consultancy EY-Parthenon said on Wednesday.

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said further fiscal support in the United States could fuel inflationary pressures and warned that the risk of a sustained rise in prices could require raising interest rates earlier-than-expected. 

Bangladesh's export is facing unprecedented delays because of the deepening container crisis globally and squeezed capacity in vessels, fuelled by the rebounding demand in the Western economies. 

China's ride hailing giant Didi Global Inc stores all China user and roads data at servers in the country and it is "absolutely not possible" that the company passed data to the United States, a senior company executive said on Saturday.  

A report by Clean Clothes Campaign, garment industry's largest alliance of labour unions and non-governmental organisations, have found evidence of “wage theft” in the supply chains of leading brands.

India's factory activity contracted for the first time in almost a year in June as restrictions to contain the deadly second wave of the coronavirus triggered declines in demand and output that pushed firms to cut more jobs, a private survey showed on Thursday.

Transition period of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the least developed countries has been extended for a period of thirteen years.

A global dirty money watchdog said on Friday it had added European Union member Malta to its “grey list” of countries under increased monitoring, and kept Pakistan on the list despite progress on tackling terrorism financing.

A smaller version of the world’s biggest mobile fair opens Monday in Spain under tight virus controls, with top firms avoiding an in-person presence after the pandemic derailed last year’s edition.

Prices have indeed spiked in the United States, government data released Friday said, but analysts believe the increase isn’t enough to change minds at the Federal Reserve, which is planning to keep rates low to help the economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

An initial public offer (IPO) by China’s Didi Global Inc in New York to raise up to $4 billion has been fully covered on the first day of its bookbuild, even as some investors fear tougher rules could hit growth, sources with direct knowledge said.

Consumer confidence in Italy jumped to the highest level in nearly three years in June, while business confidence also rose sharply, official data showed Friday.

Governments around the world have been slow to take uncomfortable decisions to persuade consumers to cut energy consumption to help achieve climate targets, often because consumers are not ready to pay up or compromise their lifestyles.

Amazon said Friday it was acquiring the encrypted messaging app Wickr which offers secure communications for businesses, government agencies and individuals.

Chinese regulators said on Saturday Tesla Inc would ‘recall’ nearly 300,000 China-made and imported Model 3 and Model Y cars for an online software update related to assisted driving, with owners not required to return their vehicles.

Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an “unimaginable” collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than 100,000 truck drivers, industry leaders have warned.

The Biden administration is under pressure from a major business group and diplomats to scrap a travel ban on Europeans, as investment from the continent in the United States plunged by nearly a third last year.

European Union negotiators struck a deal on reforms to the bloc’s huge farming subsidy programme on Friday, introducing new measures aimed at protecting small farms and curbing agriculture’s environmental impact.