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Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s blueprint for the US semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and preempt a rival effort from China. The White House outlined a sweeping plan to secure the conduits for critical …

Bloomberg Oil slipped after touching $70 a barrel in New York for the first time since October 2018 as a rally driven by signs of a tightening market eased. Futures jumped 5% last week but were unable to rise beyond $70 on Monday. Europe’s cities are as congested as they were in 2019, and the number of passengers passing through …

Bloomberg Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest energy company, hired advisers including Citigroup Inc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc for its first dollar-denominated Islamic bond sale. The state-controlled company may offer three tranches of notes due in three, five and 10 years, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm is raising cash to help fund its commitment to …

Bloomberg The trade relationship between the two largest economies in the world has “significant imbalance” and the Biden administration is committed to leveling it, according to the US trade representative. “There are parts of this trade relationship that are unhealthy and have over time been damaging in some very important ways to the US economy,” Trade Representative Katherine Tai told …

Bloomberg India last month collected 1.03 trillion rupees ($14 billion) under the goods and services tax, lower than a record mop-up of 1.41 trillion rupees in April, as key cities remained under strict curbs to check the spread of new coronavirus infections. Revenue collection was 27% lower than April but remained above a trillion rupees for the eighth month in …

Bloomberg Oil extended gains amid signs of a recovery in demand in parts of the western world, and after Opec+ provided an upbeat assessment of the market’s outlook. Futures in New York rise 0.8% after closing at the highest since October 2018. Brent also climbed after settling above $70 a barrel. US gasoline demand was the highest since the pandemic …

Bloomberg Opec+ stuck to its plan to hike oil output in July, but Saudi Arabia’s energy minister kept the market guessing as to whether the group will add more supply later this year to keep pace with the accelerating global recovery. “The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, in some …

Bloomberg Oil advanced ahead of an Opec+ policy meeting as traders expect rising demand to absorb a planned production increase from the group as well as any additional crude from Iran. Futures in New York climbed past $67 a barrel, putting crude on track for a second straight monthly gain. Opec and its allies are expected to stick with a …

Bloomberg India expanded an emergency credit program to airlines and hospitals to cushion them from the impact of a wave of coronavirus infections and deaths. The loans, which were previously intended for specific sectors such as small borrowers, can be availed until September 30 or until total guarantees worth 3 trillion rupees ($41 billion) are offered, the Finance Ministry said …

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes are forecast to bring in $3.6 trillion over the next decade, the Treasury Department said, a key funding source for the $4 trillion he hopes to spend remaking the American economy and social safety net. The figure, representing the sum of all tax increases if enacted by Congress, came as is part of …