RPT-INSIGHT-As Venezuelan deliveries wane, allies tap traders for pricey fuel
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden last month announced the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative, a plan to reduce the region's reliance on "high-cost imported fuel and electricity", promising financing for projects to revamp power generation. And the …
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Mr. Abe, Japan's economy needs more
Of course, such an economic re-orientation would force Japan to import more, but the country can use that change to its advantage as well. By leaving to China and other emerging economies the output of simpler products that require a lot of labor in …
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China Seeks to Close Loophole on Solar Polysilicon Import Duties
From September, it will suspend applications from solar Chinese companies to import the polysilicon under so-called “processing trade” rules, whereby material used in domestic manufacturing is exempt from import duties if the finished product — in this case …
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