The European Union is ready to impose import duties on American goods totaling 20 billion euros if US President Donald Trump fulfills his threats and imposes additional duties on European cars, said Jean-Luc Demarty, director general of the European Commission for Trade. "We must be prepared to respond symmetrically and effectively to any new trade restrictions that the US may impose on us,"...

The US authorities do not rule out a ban on e-cigarettes and vape pens due to their growing popularity among young people, said Head of the Office for the Control of the Quality of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States Scott Gottlieb. “I am very concerned that we are at this crossroads today. In recent years, as it seemed, we managed to defeat one of the most harmful threats to...

With all controversies, IMF experts believe that full implementation of principles of the 2017 US tax reform allows the country that implements it to significantly outperform its competitors. Economists of the fund are very cautious but still certain that such a reform, exempt profits abroad from taxes, is most effective for the global economy in all major countries at the same time. The IMF...

Industry 4.0, or, in other words, the fourth industrial revolution, implies not only the further development of technology, but also the digitalization of all spheres of life. This is a fundamentally new approach to production and consumption, a new ecosystem in which physical processes are integrated into a single information space. As for specific areas, Industry 4.0 includes automation of...

OPEC will bring clarity to the market. Already this week, data on levels of reduction will be announced, and traders will receive clear guidelines. This week, the OPEC Secretariat plans to publish data on the levels of production cuts by OPEC + countries as part of the decision taken at the meeting on December 7 in Vienna. Earlier it was planned to disclose these data on December 21....

According to Hamptons International, a company specializing in property management services, Londoners spent £ 30 billion on housing when moving outside the capital this year, and this was the highest figure since 2007. Too high real estate prices in London itself are the determining factor in this trend, which is why many people simply cannot afford to buy housing there. In 2018, residents of...

Analysts were sure that the ICO market was nearly dead at the end of 2018. The new way of financing projects that took off two years ago failed to stay in the active growth phase even for a year and eventually collapsed, dragging along dreams and hopes of failed millionaires from Instagram. It was expected that 2018 would be a year of purification for a new industry. Everyone who promised to...

Retailers in the UK experienced their worst Christmas in the past 10 years, as sales suffered from Brexit fears and a sharp decline in consumer confidence, reports The Guardian. Total sales growth in December slowed to zero for the first time since 2008, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Sales declined in all categories except food. Comparable retail sales, which exclude...

Japanese prefecture Yamanashi is famous not only for its scenic views of Mount Fuji, but also for being the birthplace of national winemaking. The region is inextricably linked with high-quality wine, Kyodo News reports. With the free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, which will enter into force on February 1, some opportunities are expected, including problems for the...