Commentary Negotiations are reportedly not going well between the Biden administration and Joe Manchin, the swing Democrat in the 50-50 U.S. Senate who will likely… Read More »Will Joe Manchin Give Trial Lawyers Billions To Sue West Virginia Small Businesses?
News Analysis Liberal government wants Parliament to approve billions in new spending to extend COVID-19 relief, but with the holiday recess scheduled to begin Dec.… Read More »Big Spending, Little Scrutiny for Liberal Government
Taiwan’s leading role in chipmaking has come under the spotlight amid a global shortage of semiconductors. On top of being the world’s largest chip producer,… Read More »Taiwan Becomes World’s Top Spender In Semiconductor Equipment, Dethroning South Korea and China
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California regulators proposed major changes to the state’s booming residential solar industry Monday, including reducing the discounts homeowners with rooftop solar and storage systems… Read More »California Regulators Propose Reducing Incentives for Rooftop Solar
Beijing’s refusal to abide by the letter and spirit of its World Trade Organization (WTO) membership in the two decades since its admission to that… Read More »20 Years After Joining WTO, China Still ‘Far Away’ From Meeting Commitments: Experts
OTTAWA— parliamentary budget officer says the federal government’s plan to extend its wage subsidy will push the overall price for the program to almost $106.7… Read More »Liberals’ Wage Subsidy Extension to Push Program Costs to $107 Billion, PBO Says
United Airlines flew more than 100 passengers on a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington,… Read More »United Airlines Stages Large Passenger Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
federal government’s proposal to extend both pandemic sickness and caregiving benefits into next spring will come with a price tag of about $863.6 million, the… Read More »Extended Federal Pandemic Benefits to Cost $873 Million: PBO
World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Nov. 26 that it was calling off a key upcoming ministerial meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, citing disruption to international… Read More »WTO Postpones Key Meeting Over New COVID-19 Variant
GENEVA— World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on Friday when it postponed its first ministerial meeting… Read More »WTO Postpones Major Meeting After New Variant Outbreak
Commentary President Joe Biden repeatedly said he would raise taxes only on the rich to pay for his Build Back Better plan, but now he’s… Read More »A Tax Gift to the Rich Divides Democrats
WASHINGTON鈥擳he U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it has approved Verizon Communications Inc.’s more than $6 billion acquisition of pre-paid mobile phones provider TracFone… Read More »US FCC Approves Verizon Acquisition of TracFone Wireless
Chinese vessels moored at Whitsun Reef on March 27, 2021, in a picture supplied by Philippine authorities during a standoff in the South China Sea.… Read More »Chinese maritime militia threatens order in South China Sea, US think tank says
WASHINGTON鈥擳he California Public Utilities Commission said Thursday it has approved Verizon Communications’ more than $6 billion proposed acquisition of TracFone Wireless after the companies agreed… Read More »California Approves Verizon Deal to Acquire TracFone Wireless
BRUSSELS鈥擳he European Union’s policy on state aid for the production of semiconductors will seek to avoid a subsidy race, and companies must aim for diversification… Read More »EU Says Chips Policy Aim Is to Ensure Resilient Supply Chain
Commentary Former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, generated a wave of criticism when, in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Nov. 10,… Read More »Politics of Retribution: China-Australia Trade Disputes
A Chinese job-placement company transferred more than 3,000 Uyghur workers, including girls as young as 16, from the Xinjiang region to factories in other parts… Read More »Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing
Chinese developer Evergrande has dodged default for the third time in a month but it is unlikely China’s broader economy can avoid damage from the… Read More »Take Five: Counting the Housing Cost in China
United States and the European Union must avoid a subsidy race as they rush to support semiconductor production amid a global chip shortage, EU Competition… Read More »US, EU Must Avoid Subsidy Race Amid Chip Shortage: EU’s Vestager
U.S. Transportation Department will announce on Monday it is offering an additional $184 million in payroll assistance to 158 more aviation manufacturing businesses. In September,… Read More »US Offers $184 Million to 158 Aviation Manufacturing Firms
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai affirmed the need for updating U.S. trade laws to reinforce existing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, coping with China’s steel-making overcapacity… Read More »US Trade Chief Urges New Laws Targeting China’s Overseas Steel Investment
Government assistance programs and policies are contributing to the decline in employment activity among able-bodied Americans, according to a new study by the Joint Economic Committee… Read More »Government Assistance Programs and Policies Contributing to Employment Decline Among Able-Bodied Americans: Study
Australian federal government and major telecommunications firm Telstra have pulled the trigger on a US$1.6 billion (AU$2.1 billion) takeover of a dominant South Pacific mobile… Read More »Australia Blocks China With $1.6 Billion Takeover of South Pacific Telco
federal government has expanded funding to allow more Australians to claim relevant Medicare rebates for IVF and genetics, high blood pressure, chronic bowel inflammation, and… Read More »Medicare Australia Expands Rebate Schemes to Cover IVF Genetic Services, High Blood Pressure, and More
Canada is introducing a standardized national vaccine passport for domestic and international travel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Oct. 21. proof-of-vaccination certificate, which Canadians… Read More »Trudeau Announces New Federal Standard for Vaccine Passports, Pfizer Vaccine Deal for Children
GWANGYANG, South Korea—Abandoned, he feels, by three countries, Cho Guk-gyeong shows a visitor his South Korean alien registration card, which describes him as “stateless.” It’s… Read More »Chinese-North Korean Defectors Face Hardship in South Korea
UK taxpayers will foot half of the bills for replacing gas boilers with heat pumps in households as the government announced new subsidies on Monday.… Read More »UK Government Announces Subsidy to Incentivise Heat Pump Installation
CARACAS/PRAIA鈥擵enezuela on Saturday said it would suspend negotiations with the opposition that were set to resume this weekend. announcement was made by Socialist party legislator… Read More »Maduro Regime Suspends Negotiations With Opposition as Venezuelans Continue to Suffer 76 Percent Poverty
PRAGUE—Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen plans to decide in the first half of 2022 on the location for a planned battery cell plant in eastern Europe,… Read More »Volkswagen to Decide on Eastern European Battery Plant by June 2022
Families with two or more children will be able to benefit from an increased Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from March 7, 2022, four months earlier… Read More »Australian Child Care Subsidy Fast-Tracked by Four Months