Bloomberg President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan made a show of unity against China, meeting together at the White House in a first-ever summit to discuss initiatives to counter Beijing’s influence across the Pacific. The group is “coming together to take on key challenges of our age, from Covid to climate to emerging technologies,” Biden ...

Bloomberg Petrol shortages are worsening in parts of the UK as more stations run dry following panic buying, as the government considers easing visa rules to attract truck drivers from Europe. Britain is short about 100,000 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers licensed to operate trucks or lorries, the Road Haulage Association has estimated. To start plugging the gap, Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg Shipments from a US West Coast terminal that handles almost 20% of the nation’s soybean meal exports have been curbed while damage from a crane collapse earlier this month is repaired, marking the latest setback to global trade flows. A loading boom at farm cooperative Ag Processing Inc’s export facility in Aberdeen, Washington, fell September 1 as a bulk ...