Bloomberg US coal has become entangled in a trade war between the US and Canada over lumber. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an open letter to ban US coal shipments from the country’s westernmost province in retaliation for the Trump administration’s new tariffs on softwood lumber. The move sent Canadian export terminal ...

  Bloomberg Amgen Inc.’s new cholesterol drug is still struggling to gain traction, missing analysts’ estimates at a time when the biotechnology giant is anxious for its newer drugs to make up for slowing sales of its older ones. Sales of the drug, called Repatha, in the first quarter were $49 million, the company said in a statement. That was ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s largest business lobby said the UK and the rest of the European Union need to settle any exit bill fast and get cracking on a new trade deal. Confederation of British Industry Director General Carolyn Fairbairn said a good Brexit arrangement isn’t about “doing the UK a favor,” but based on “solid economic reasoning for both sides.” ...