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Metal traders get ready for fireworks after LME Russia ban
METAL traders are bracing for dramatic moves after the London Metal Exchange (LME) responded to new US and UK sanctions by banning deliveries of any Russian supplies produced after...
Apple asks US appeals court to reverse Apple Watch import ban
APPLE urged a US appeals court on Friday (Apr 6) to overturn a US trade tribunal’s decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with...
Opinion: Why the proposed TikTok ban isn’t what we need
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill this month threatening to ban TikTok unless its parent company ByteDance sells the app. It may take the Senate months to...
Freeport warns copper export ban could cost Indonesia US$2 billion in lost revenue
COPPER miner Freeport Indonesia has warned the Indonesian government that banning exports of copper concentrate in June could lead to a loss of US$2 billion in revenues for Jakarta,...
KENNETH GREEN: Trudeau plastic ban may actually hurt the environment
Breadcrumb Trail LinksOpinionNewsColumnistsCanadaHere at home, there’s no reason to believe Canadian consumers will react any differently to a ban on single-use plastics. Canadians are just as likely to reach...
TikTok’s US revenue hits US$16 billion as Washington threatens ban
CHINA’S ByteDance-owned TikTok posted revenue of about US$16 billion last year in the United States, where the viral video app that has hooked Gen Z users is at the...
Russian diamond ban creates costly delays, Antwerp diamond dealers say
ANTWERP’S diamond dealers face long and costly delays following an EU ban on Russian-origin diamonds that took effect on March 1 and has slowed imports, they say in a...
Australia PM rules out US-style TikTok ban
AUSTRALIA’S prime minister said on Thursday his government has no plan to copy a move by US legislators to ban TikTok unless it agrees to divest from its Chinese...
