Europe

Commerce Dept. Opens 18-Nation Aluminum Trade Probe

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has opened a probe in response to petitions from U.S.-based metal producers that alleged potentially unfair practices in the aluminum trade involving 18 countries from across the globe…

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US Watchdogs Slam DOJ’s Ukraine Whistleblower Memo

A group of federal watchdogs has criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for determining that a whistleblower’s report about allegedly inappropriate White House interaction with Ukraine wasn’t an “urgent concern,” thereby blocking the complaint from being sent to Congress…

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Ex-SocGen Exec A Fugitive For Staying In France, Judge Says

A former Societe Generale SA executive who allegedly helped falsify the Paris bank’s submissions to the London Interbank Offered Rate was deemed a fugitive Wednesday by a New York federal court, which said the accused banker can’t fight the case if she stays in France…

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Resolution To Make Mueller Report Public Blocked In Senate

A resolution calling for the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s election interference probe to be made public stalled in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after passing the House of Representatives earlier in the day without opposition…

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