Bloomberg The Trump administration wants to dictate how and where global auto companies make cars and parts to secure duty-free treatment under the new Nafta in its most direct intervention yet to manage trade and production, according to people familiar with the effort. The issue is being discussed between Trump administration officials, congressional staff, and domestic and foreign auto makers ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc’s surprise profit in the third quarter came despite a drop of almost 40% in revenue from the US, its largest market. The electric automaker’s US sales plummeted to $3.13 billion in the latest quarter, from $5.13 billion a year earlier, according to a securities filing. Tesla said earlier global deliveries for the quarter rose a higher-than-expected 1.9% ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc cast doubt over a Franco-German plan for a European cloud that would allow the continent’s businesses to keep their data from being stored in the US or China. After the European Union’s (EU) two leading nations unveiled plans for an EU-focussed cloud, a spokesperson for Amazon’s AWS cloud business said such a project will lack the scale ...