Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

EU Continues Exporting Banned Pesticides to Global South Despite Pledge to End Trade

Instead of halting exports of life-threatening pesticides banned within the bloc, the European Union has continued — and even ...
Upstream

Kazakhstan commits to export more oil to Germany via Russia

Kazakhstan's KazMunayGaz (KMG) has committed to boost oil supplies to Germany via Russia by about 220,000 barrels per month, the state oil company said in a statement on Tuesday. The increased ...
中国日报网

China imposes stringent export controls on core rare earth technologies

China has imposed export controls on a range of core rare earth technologies, covering areas from mining and smelting to the recycling of secondary resources, according to information released by the ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Australia wants to export shredded soft plastic. Local recyclers are worried

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian recycling companies have raised concerns over the government’s decision to consider licences to export shredded soft plastic ...
Reuters

US expands export blacklist in crackdown on Chinese subsidiaries

US restricts exports to companies on its 'Entity List' The new rule also captures subsidiaries of the named companies Ownership stakes of 50% trigger the restrictions China slams rule, says it ...
Reuters

Congo to tie cobalt export quotas to three-year company data, sources say

DR Congo to tie cobalt export quotas to 3-year company data Quota system replaces months-long export suspension Glencore supports quota system, CMOC opposes it Oct 8 (Reuters) - The Democratic ...
The Australian

Federal government examines plan to link LNG export licences with domestic gas supply

Under a model canvassed in recent weeks, LNG exporters would need to demonstrate they had supplied a minimum share of gas to Australian users before being granted approval to sell into Asia. Companies ...
CNN

Beijing’s anger at ‘extremely malicious’ US move to ramp up pressure on Chinese tech firms

The Trump Administration ramped up its pressure on Chinese tech firms on Monday by expanding restrictions imposed on certain companies to also cover their subsidiaries, a move that’s drawn the ire of ...
Newsweek

White House in a Bind as Soybean Sales to China Plummet to Zero

A photographer’s snapshot of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the United Nations General Assembly last week revealed a private message that captured the Trump administration’s deepening concern ...
Music Business Worldwide

In latest MENA M&A move, Reservoir and PopArabia acquire catalogs of Iraqi company HFM Production & Kuwaiti singer-songwriter Essa Almarzoug

Reservoir Media, in conjunction with PopArabia, has made two new acquisitions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The ...
Global Times

China slams US’ extended export control rules to include subsidiaries, vows ‘necessary measures’ to protect firms’ interests: MOFCOM

China's ministry of commerce on Monday slammed the US' newly issued "piercing rule" on export controls, which extends the same restrictions to subsidiaries owned 50 percent or more by entities on the ...
BBC

Canadian marine park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales

A Canadian amusement park is threatening to euthanise 30 beluga whales after the government blocked its request to send them to China. Marineland in Ontario had hoped to offload the cetaceans on a ...