Bloomberg UK businesses stand to lose access to a $1.7 trillion public procurement market if signatories to a World Trade Organization (WTO) accord this week block Britain’s application for membership, which will lapse after it leaves the European Union in March. On November 27, the UK will seek admission to the 46-nation Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) in Geneva. Failure to ...

Bloomberg The US highway safety investigators are probing an alleged defect in 2.7 million pickups and sport utility vehicles built by General Motors Co that are getting into collisions because drivers are having trouble braking. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation of trucks and SUVs including GM’s best-selling Chevrolet Silverado after receiving 111 complaints from consumers. ...

Bloomberg Fiera Capital Corp’s property unit wants to go global. Quebec’s biggest publicly traded asset manager is looking to make its first real-estate foray outside of Canada by the start of the next decade to diversify its holdings, according to Pierre Pelletier, a senior vice president at the company. All of the Fiera Properties’ assets under management, which are valued ...