French finance minister Le Maire says necessary to preserve Renault-Nissan alliance
French finance minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday said it was necessary to preserve the alliance between Renault SA and Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd, which he said has benefited the French automaker with synergies and technology.
China calls in foreign tech firms after Huawei sales ban: sources
China summoned global technology companies for talks last week following last month’s U.S. ban on selling technology to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
G20 finance chiefs to say trade row has ‘intensified’ but delete call for resolution
Group of 20 finance leaders said on Sunday that trade and geopolitical tensions have “intensified” but failed to express a pressing need to resolve them, in a final draft communique that said global growth is likely to pick up.
G20 agrees to wrap up digital tax by 2020: final communique
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on Sunday to compile common rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants such as Facebook to reduce their corporate taxes, a final version of the bloc’s communique obtained by Reuters showed.
G20 says global growth to pick up; trade, geopolitics among risks
Financial leaders of the world’s biggest economies will say on Sunday that global growth is likely to pick up this year and next, but that intensified trade and geopolitical tensions were among the key downside risks, the final draft communique showed….
Mnuchin says had ‘candid’ talks on trade with PBOC head
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a tweet on Sunday he had a “constructive meeting” with People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang, including a “candid discussion” on trade issues.
How much does lithium cost? The industry can’t seem to agree
Opaque pricing for lithium, the powerhouse metal fueling the electric vehicle revolution, is expected to be top of mind this week as the industry’s leaders gather in Santiago, with calls rising for more transparency to attract much-needed expansion fun…
G20 finance chiefs to say trade row ‘intensified’ but delete call for resolution
Group of 20 finance leaders agreed to describe global trade and geopolitical tensions as “intensified” but failed to express the desire to resolve them, three G20 sources said as a second day of meetings got underway on Sunday.
G20 finance leaders’ communique to describe trade tensions as ‘intensified’: sources
Group of 20 finance leaders agreed to describe trade and geopolitical tensions as “intensified” and pledged to take further action to address these economic risks, three G20 sources said as a second day of meetings got underway on Sunday.
United Technologies nears deal to merge aerospace unit with Raytheon: source
United Technologies Corp is nearing a deal to merge its aerospace business with U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co and form a new company worth well over $100 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday.




