U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his not currently thinking about negotiating a “Phase 2" trade deal with China as relations between Washington and Beijing sour.
U.S. exporters reported sales of 720,000 tonnes of soybeans to China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday, as active purchases by the world’s top soy importer continued for a second straight week.
Top U.S. and Chinese trade representatives discussed their Phase 1 trade deal on Friday with China saying they agreed to improve the atmosphere for its implementation.
Bunge Ltd reported a first-quarter loss on Wednesday and lowered its full-year forecast as the coronavirus crisis hammered demand for fuel and upended global food supply chains, sending shares plunging 11%.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday approved the first guidelines for the trading of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts in the country.
The investigation, authorized on Sept. 2, 2021, focuses on repair restrictions manufacturers place on hardware or software, often referred to by regulators as impeding customers’ “right to repair” the goods they purchase.
