Forex – Dollar stable vs euro ahead of central bankers’ speeches, U.S. data
Forbes June 3, 2008 The dollar was stable against the euro ahead of a raft of speeches due from U.S. and European central bankers on Tuesday afternoon. more
Month: June 2008
Inflation spurs U.S. and EU to go after speculators
Associated Press June 3, 2008 As U.S. regulators introduced tougher rules for commodity traders, European finance ministers said Tuesday that they would examine ways to curb speculators who drove food and oil prices higher in commodity markets, in a bid to rein in costs that have lifted inflation in Europe and around the world. more
U.S., EU trade blows over technology tariffs
MarketWatch May 28, 2008 The European Union and the U.S. traded blows on Wednesday over tariffs imposed by the EU on goods that the U.S. believes are covered by a duty-free agreement for technology products. more
Closing the gulf with our allies
Boston Globe June 1, 2008 President Bush travels to Europe this month to participate in the US-European Union Summit and to visit key partners, including France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. These summits are likely to produce joint declarations of “bon amie” and official statements that the drift in the trans-Atlantic relationship is diminished. […]
111 nations, but not US, adopt cluster bomb treaty
Associated Press May 31, 2008 Chief negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted Friday that the United States will never again use the weapons, a critical component of American air and artillery power. more