Business, Technology, Fuel

Biden to Announce EV Charger Plant Will Be Built in Tennessee

President Joe Biden and Tritium DCFC Ltd. CEO Jane Hunter will announce Feb. 8 that the Australian electric-vehicle charging company plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
February 8, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

US to Reopen Land Borders With Canada, Mexico for Vaccinated Travelers

The United States will relax coronavirus restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for vaccinated travelers next month, allowing for the resumption of nonessential travel like tourism.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
October 13, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

US Seeks to Lower Spiking Shipping Costs With Competition

The Biden administration is set to ask regulators to promote competition in the ocean shipping and rail industries after consolidation led to spikes in prices, according to a person familiar with a pending executive order.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
July 8, 2021
Government, Business

Biden $6 Trillion Federal Budget Fueled by Higher Taxes

President Joe Biden issued his first full budget proposal May 28, detailing his ambitions to dramatically expand the size and scope of the federal government with more than $6 trillion in spending over the coming fiscal year.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
May 28, 2021
Government, Business

Biden Signals Ditching GOP in Push for $1.9 Trillion Aid

President Joe Biden gave his strongest indication yet that he will push for his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan without Republican support, saying that a weak jobs report shows the risk of doing “too little.”

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
February 5, 2021
Government, Business

US Mulls Global Parcel Fee Change as Part of Contraband Fight

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 31 designed to combat the flow of foreign counterfeit goods sold on e-commerce platforms like the websites of Amazon .com Inc., eBay Inc. and Walmart Inc.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
February 3, 2020
Government, Business

Trump Still Plans on China Deal After Chile Cancels APEC Summit

President Donald Trump still hopes to ink a trade accord with Xi Jinping next month, even after plans were thrown into question Oct. 30 when Chile canceled an upcoming summit where the two leaders planned to meet.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
October 30, 2019
Government, Business

Trump Says He Could Impose More China Tariffs

President Donald Trump reiterated that he could impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports if he wants, after promising to hold off on more duties in a trade-war truce he reached with China’s Xi Jinping last month.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
July 17, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Says There’s ‘Level of Risk’ of US-China Trade War

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there is “a level of risk” that the tariff dispute between the United States and China will erupt into a full-scale trade war, though he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the world’s two largest economies will resolve differences through negotiations.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
April 6, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Warns He'll Dump NAFTA if Mexico Doesn't Stop Drug Flows

President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t stop people and drugs from flowing into the United States from Central America.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
April 2, 2018