Negotiators work through the night to salvage U.N. climate summit
MADRID — Negotiators worked into the early hours of Sunday to try to salvage a strong global commitment to fight climate change after some of the most vulnerable nations said they were being ...

Australia to Boost Recycling Innovation Through $69 Million Fund
(Bloomberg) — A new A$100 million ($69 million) investment fund aims to boost the proportion of refuse recycled in Australia and encourage innovation to prevent trash from ending up in landfills, ...

Bloxroute Releases Blockchain Distribution Network for Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash
On December 3, the crypto software firm Bloxroute’s cofounder, Eyal Markovich, announced the launch of the startup’s Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) Version 1. Markovich explained that the ...

South Korea Will Research Central Bank Digital Currencies
South Korea is an important region when it comes to cryptocurrencies. It now appears the country’s central bank wants to begin researching central bank digital currencies in the near ...

Electricity Production and Consumption Will Be Decentralized
When you press an electric switch in your house, a bulb starts glowing immediately. Apparently, it seems very ordinary and insignificant as to what’s behind all this, but if you look at it, the ...

Argentina’s new government hikes export taxes on disgruntled farmers
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree on Saturday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise ...

Mexico Disputes Inclusion of U.S. Labor Monitors in Trade Deal
(Bloomberg) — Mexico objected to the congressional proposal to create as many as five U.S. labor attaches to monitor implementation of the free trade deal with the U.S. and Canada. Jesus Seade, ...

Congress Mulls Reviving Tax Breaks Prized by ADM, Tesla, GM
(Bloomberg) — U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley are negotiating a potential revival of expired tax breaks in last-minute negotiations over a government ...

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Mexico objects to labor enforcement provision in North American trade deal
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s deputy foreign minister, Jesus Seade, said on Saturday he sent a letter to the top U.S. trade official expressing surprise and concern over a labor enforcement provision ...