France's Macron Signals Electric Car Subsidy Concern On Agenda With Harris

France’s Macron Signals Electric Car Subsidy Concern On Agenda With Harris

By Trevor Hunnicutt MUNICH (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron signaled on Friday that he would discuss concerns about U.S. electrical vehicle subsidies with Vice President Kamala Harris as they met during the Munich Security Conference. “We are working hard,” on the issue, Macron said before their meeting. While EU countries welcome the U.S. commitment…

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BlackRock, Standard Chartered Join Talks At New Debt Roundtable

BlackRock, Standard Chartered Join Talks At New Debt Roundtable

By Andrea Shalal and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S.-based investment firm BlackRock said on Friday it would join a new sovereign debt roundtable set up to accelerate progress on stalled relief efforts for distressed countries, with Britain’s Standard Chartered also joining, according to sources. The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, chaired by the International Monetary…

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U.S. Trade Official Tai Discussed Inflation Reduction Act With EU's Dombrovskis

U.S. Trade Official Tai Discussed Inflation Reduction Act With EU’s Dombrovskis

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday met with European Union Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and discussed the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Tai’s office said in a statement. EU countries fear the U.S. legislation’s $369 billion of subsidies for electric vehicles and other clean technologies could put companies…

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Exclusive-U.S. Sanctions Authority Asks Raiffeisen About Business Related To Russia

Exclusive-U.S. Sanctions Authority Asks Raiffeisen About Business Related To Russia

By John O’Donnell, Francesco Canepa and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich FRANKFURT/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International said on Friday it hadreceived a request for information from the United States’ sanctions authority about its business related to Russia. The bank said that it had received the request from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…

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