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LNG exports may incite price increases for US users

Bloomberg Environmental groups opposed to US natural gas exports just found an unlikely ally: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The government agency that regulates futures and options markets found that shipping gas overseas could raise costs for Americans. Domestic prices could rise as much as 20 percent due to the burgeoning industry that liquefies gas so it can be shipped ...

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‘China offered to cut its trade surplus by $200bn’

Bloomberg China offered to reduce its trade surplus with the US by “at least $200 billion” in talks to head off a possible trade war, the director of the White House National Economic Council said. “The number’s a good number,” Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, told reporters at the White House. “I think just as important, they ...

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ZTE needs to change management for US reprieve

Bloomberg Chinese telecom company ZTE Corp. will have to change its management, including by possibly appointing new board members, to win a reprieve from US sanctions that shut it off from key suppliers, the director of the White House National Economic Council said. “We’re not talking about letting them off scot-free by any stretch,” Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top ...

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