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Bloomberg The Trump administration shows scant sign of watering down its plan to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports with carve-outs for specific countries, despite opposition from US allies and Republican lawmakers. The president’s trade advisers fanned out across television news shows to defend the move, saying it was necessary to ensure the survival of the domestic steel ...

Bloomberg The Geneva International Motor Show is known as a staging ground for the glitzy luxury models that swaddle the wealthy and deliver them in style. This year’s no exception, with a new version of the Bentley Bentayga SUV, Bugatti’s $2.6 million Chiron and the Ferrari special-edition 488 Pista among the cars that will jostle for photographers’ attention. But a ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with top aides to South Korea’s Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang on Monday, the president’s office said, in the first meeting between the leader of the isolated nation and officials from Seoul since he took power in 2011. National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong and National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon were ...

Dubai / WAM Top-level regional and global government officials and power decision makers will join pioneers of energy, space and technology when the inaugural sector-defining Global Smart Energy Summit (GSES), gets under way at Dubai World Trade Centre on March 6. The three-day thought leadership summit will see more than 110 high-profile speakers address 700-plus delegates across more than 100 ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), on Sunday announced that it will install a 290-kilowatt (KW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system to serve the facility of Khazna Data Centres (Khazna) in Masdar City. In the presence of Khaled Al Qubaisi, Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace, Renewables and Information Communications ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has announced its key 2017 achievements, namely its 7% contribution to Dubai’s non-oil trade representing 18% of total free zones trade within Dubai according to 2016 official statistics. The freezone’s success is largely due to its strategic role in driving continuous economic development and high operational efficiency, as well as the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business On a quite weekend evening, around 70 avid bikers thundered into Al Seef Village Mall, Abu Dhabi on their gleaming powerful two wheeled machines to meet at the Biker’s Cafe for a pleasant experience. While the bikers kicked up interest amongst diners and onlookers, they were in for a pleasant surprise as well. They were ...

Bloomberg China will host US officials for a new round of dialogue on trade issues, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said at a briefing, as tensions rise between the world’s two largest economies. Zhang, who is also spokesman for the National People’s Congress, said that China doesn’t want a trade war but wouldn’t allow its interests to be harmed. He ...

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd. Chairman Ma Huateng called on the Chinese government to introduce an ID system that would link multiple sets of travel documents with a mobile phone as part of a plan to boost regional trade between Hong Kong and Mainland China. China’s second-richest man said new technology systems and laws could let Hong Kong residents make electronic ...

Bloomberg The European Union may beef up a plan to screen foreign investments as China’s pursuit of acquisitions abroad fosters political unease in the bloc, according to a key EU lawmaker. Franck Proust, a French member of the European Parliament, said the assembly and EU governments may reach an agreement by year-end on the first bloc-wide rules meant to prevent ...