Bloomberg Almost three months after their trade talks broke down in acrimony, Chinese and American negotiators meet again in Shanghai this week amid tempered expectations for breakthroughs in their yearlong trade war. Two days of talks are scheduled to restart on Tuesday after an uneasy truce reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group …

Bloomberg Saudi Basic Industries Corp. has no interest in taking over Clariant AG after the chemicals makers last week halted talks on their high-performance plastics venture, the company’s chief executive officer said. “Our investment in Clariant is a strategic investment, we’re going to continue to look at this investment as a growth opportunity,” Yousef Abdullah Al Benyan told reporters in …

Bloomberg Chevron Corp. and four oil services companies won a last-minute US government reprieve to continue producing oil in Venezuela, albeit only for a 90-day period. The US Treasury Department supported Chevron’s request to extend its sanctions waiver by six months, but the majority of other government agencies involved opposed any extension at all, a senior administration official told reporters …