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Defective air bags found in repaired BMWs, spurring fresh recall

  Bloomberg BMW AG is recalling about 230,000 vehicles in the US after discovering that some may have been fitted with defective Takata Corp. air-bag inflators during repairs, such as after a crash in which the devices deployed. The affected vehicles used air bags manufactured by Petri AG, a German partsmaker bought by Takata in 2000. If those vehicles needed ...

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Nafta end may hit even movie theater popcorn

  Bloomberg As Donald Trump’s administration prepares to renegotiate Nafta, the head of Mexico’s largest movie theater chain is warning that an end to free trade could convince him to buy his popcorn from Argentina instead of the US. Cinepolis de Mexico SA, the world’s fourth-largest cinema chain, buys about $10 million a year of American kernels from farmers in ...

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Cattle industry concerned by Trump pledge on Nafta

  Bloomberg The largest US cattle trade group said it’s “very concerned” about President Donald Trump’s pledge to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which calls into question whether the industry will continue to enjoy its current level of market access in Mexico and Canada. A shakeup of Nafta now would come as US beef output is forecast to ...

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