Three ships carrying U.S. ethanol head to China – sources
Three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, three trade sources told Reuters on Monday, in a sign that exports of the fuel were sharply Continue Reading
Why China Worries About Losing Manufacturing
Every half decade as spring is creeping into the capital, Beijing releases a new five-year plan to signal key economic policy goals. This year, the outline of the plan contains a Continue Reading
Variant’s Spread in Florida Shows Threat to U.S. Covid Recovery
A highly infectious Covid-19 variant is circulating widely in Florida, prompting concern that a resurgence of the virus is possible in the state and beyond, even as cases and hospitalizations Continue Reading
Hungary closes stores, schools to curb surge due to variants
Hungarians on Monday awoke to a new round of strict lockdown measures aimed at slowing a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths that are among the worst in the Continue Reading
Analysis: Iran slips record volume of oil into China, reaches out to Asian clients for trade resumption
Iran has quietly moved record amounts of crude oil to top client China in recent months, while India’s state refiners have added Iranian oil to their annual import plans on Continue Reading
Japan’s Nuclear Past Complicates Its Green Future
About once a month, the same group of two dozen Japanese government officials, company executives and professors file into a bland white and beige conference room at the nation’s economy, trade and Continue Reading
Covid-Hit Japanese Villages Are Competing to Become a Nuclear Waste Site
Two fishing villages in Hokkaido are vying to host the final storage facility for half a century of Japanese nuclear waste, splitting communities between those seeking investment to stop the Continue Reading
China’s Top Leaders Leave Tough Climate Decisions to Bureaucrats
Slowing global warming comes down to cutting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. There are different ways to get there, but a country’s policies flow from that top-level target. China, the Continue Reading
Xi Jinping’s Eager-to-Please Minions Snarl His China Plans
After Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered rural poverty eliminated by 2020, bureaucrats in the southwestern city of Mianyang got busy—with paperwork. Instructed to devote 70% of their time to the campaign, Continue Reading
CHINA DATA: Jan-Feb crude imports rise 6% on year to 11.1 mil b/d
China’s crude imports gained 5.8% on the year to 11.13 million b/d in January-February 2021, rebounding from the 27-month low of 9.1 million b/d recorded in December, General Administration of Continue Reading