The US government has agreed to grant a quota for steel imports from Japan, partially resolving a bilateral dispute. While removing the current 25% tariff in general, the agreement establishes a quota to import, duty-free, up to 1.25 million metric tons of steel from Japan. Above that volume,
The Port of Liverpool gained market share from Grupo Sanborns (a subsidiary of Grupo Carso) and El Palacio de Hierro in 2019 and 2020. To specify: the measurement takes into account the participation in sales as of December 31 of each year only of these three companies, the
In 2020, Chinese companies produced just 5.9% of the semiconductors used in China, with foreign-owned companies in China producing an additional 10%, according to a report by market research firm IC Insights. Despite the massive investment and with the above couple of indicators, the United States-China Economic and
State-owned miners Aluminum Corporation of China, China Minmetals and Ganzhou Rare Earth Group have reorganized their rare earth mining and production assets into a new Jiangxi province-based entity called China Rare Earth Group. In so doing, China further consolidated its rare earth industry, approving a three-party merger to
The electric vehicle and clean energy company Tesla increased the number of its full-time employees by 107% in the last two years, to reach 99,290 at the end of 2021. To date, this company, based in Austin, Texas (United States), has not experienced any work stoppage as a
The US company Tyson Foods projected feed ingredient costs to be higher for its fiscal year 2022 (ending early next October) compared to fiscal year 2021. In general, the prepared foods segment faced higher costs largely due to the impacts of an inflationary environment. According to the United