Category: Business News
WASHINGTON — Today, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the initiation of investigations regarding the acts, policies, and practices of various economies under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors. The investigations will determine whether those acts, policies, and practices are unreasonable or […]
Source: USTR
Category: Business News
With the US administration’s Most Favoured Nation (MFN) drug pricing policy still hanging over Europe, Denmark and Sweden, two of the affected countries, are investigating its potential impact. The MFN policy, set out in an executive order by US President Donald Trump in May 2025, aims to force global drug manufacturers to reduce the price […]
Source: Euractiv
Category: Business News
FedEx is suing the Trump administration to get a “full refund” for all the tariffs the company paid that have since been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a complaint shows. “Plaintiffs seek for themselves a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the United States,” lawyers for FedEx said […]
Source: ABC News
Category: Business News
A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government. Reagan appointee Royce Lamberth granted an injunction against the administration’s stop work order against Sunrise Wind, […]
Source: The Hill
Published: February 2, 2026
Category: Business News
Stock markets surged overnight after Donald Trump cancelled his planned tariffs following a deal over Greenland. The FTSE 100 was up 0.9pc in in a broad relief rally, with the Cac 40 in Paris higher by 1.4pc as the threat of tariffs was removed from its major luxury goods companies. The Nikkei in Japan rose […]
Source: The Telegraph