Tag: Trade
Mexican factories are accused of labor abuses, testing a new trade pact.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and other groups filed a complaint with the Biden administration on Monday over claims of labor violations at a group of auto par [...]
Shares of COVID vaccine makers plummet after US backs IP waiver
Shares of Moderna and other makers of the COVID-19 vaccines plummeted after the US backed a plan to waive intellectual property pr [...]
Boris Johnson and ‘boring’ Keir Starmer trade blows ahead of local elections & Hartlepool by-election
BORIS Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer traded blows last night — before voters headed to the polls today.
The struggling Labour leader faces t [...]
Brexit Trade Deal Gets a Final OK From E.U. Parliament
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has voted by a large margin, in results released Wednesday morning, to give the European Union’s final approval [...]
Pakistan PM urges Muslim-majority countries to boycott trade with the West
Pakistan’s prime minister is urging Muslim-majority countries to join together and launch a trade boycott of Western governments, [...]
Inside the shocking ‘slave trade’ on Long Island farms that only ended in 2006
Starting in World War II, when labor shortages meant Long Island farmers lacked workers to tend their fields, they began importing [...]
Britain on brink of signing landmark trade deal with Australia worth £20billion
BRITAIN is on the brink of signing a landmark trade deal with Australia – which could be signed off next month.
The £20billion agreement could b [...]
A Catholic Order Pledged $100 Million to Atone for Taking Part in the Slave Trade. Some Descendants Want a New Deal.
[Race/Related is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.]Ronda Thompson got the astounding news in a text from h [...]
Texas High Schoolers Put Prices on Classmates in ‘Slave Trade’ Chat
A North Texas school district said this week that it had disciplined a group of students at a predominantly white school who had assigned prices to [...]
Texas students reportedly set up ‘slave trade’ in Snapchat group
A group of students at a Texas school set up a slave auction pretending to sell their black classmates on social media.
A scree [...]