• राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप ने यूरोपीय संघ (EU) के ऑटोमोबाइल पर 25% टैरिफ की घोषणा की, जिसका कारण ब्लॉक द्वारा मौजूदा व्यापार समझौतों का पालन करने में विफलता को बताया गया है।
• प्रशासन का दावा है कि EU ने व्यापार शर्तों का उल्लंघन किया है, जिससे प्रवर्तन तंत्र (enforcement mechanism) के रूप में टैरिफ में वृद्धि हुई है।
• यह कदम अमेरिका और EU के बीच व्यापारिक तनाव को बढ़ाता है, जिससे दोनों क्षेत्रों के ऑटो निर्माताओं और उपभोक्ताओं पर असर पड़ सकता है।
Brown ने पुलिस से पूर्व राजकुमार द्वारा public funds के उपयोग की जांच करने का आह्वान किया है, क्योंकि उन्होंने कहा है कि 2008 में उन्होंने अपने एक सहयोगी से यह मुद्दा उठवाया था। Gordon Brown ने खुलासा किया है कि उन्होंने आदेश दिया था कि 2008 में trade envoy के रूप में “unacceptable costs” वहन करने के बारे में Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor से पूछताछ की जाए, साथ ही उन्होंने पुलिस से अपनी जांच का दायरा बढ़ाने और इसमें public funds के उपयोग को शामिल करने का आह्वान किया। पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा कि उन्होंने business department के एक सहयोगी से Mountbatten-Windsor के travel expenses पर सवाल करने के लिए कहा था। Continue reading...
• Taylor Swift ने बढ़ते AI-जनरेटेड कंटेंट के बीच अपनी आवाज और छवि को सुरक्षित करने के लिए 28 अप्रैल को नए ट्रेडमार्क आवेदन जमा किए।
• यह कदम Swift को मनोरंजन जगत में AI deepfake जोखिमों को संबोधित करने वाली नवीनतम सेलिब्रिटी के रूप में स्थापित करता है।
• ये ट्रेडमार्क बढ़ते डिजिटल खतरे के परिदृश्य में उनके व्यक्तिगत ब्रांड के लिए सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने का लक्ष्य रखते हैं।
• The European Union announced new provisional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle batteries and solar components Monday, citing unfair state subsidies and predatory pricing that undercut European manufacturers.
• Beijing warned the tariffs violate World Trade Organization rules and threatened retaliatory measures on European agricultural imports, escalating trade friction between the two economic blocs.
• U.S. officials expressed support for the EU's move, viewing it as necessary protection for clean energy industries while signaling potential alignment on China trade policy.
The singer’s company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategyTaylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse.On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks which cover Swift saying the phrases “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift” and “Hey, it’s Taylor.” Continue reading...
• The New Orleans Saints completed a trade acquiring a former top-10 draft pick, signaling aggressive roster building by the franchise.
• The transaction represents the Saints' strategic approach to addressing roster needs during the offseason.
• The move reflects New Orleans' commitment to competitive roster construction ahead of the upcoming NFL season.
Conservatives and former provincial premiers among those PM names to advisory committee on economic relationsCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, says his new advisory committee on economic relations with the United States will draw on the “best advice and the broadest perspectives” as the country braces what many expect will be tense trade negotiations with its southern neighbour.The 24-member advisory committee, announced on Tuesday, shows the prime minister’s eagerness to reach across the political spectrum to ensure Canada is “well positioned to advance its interests” at the looming trade talks. Continue reading...
• The New York Giants traded defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL Draft, less than two weeks after Lawrence requested a trade.
• The deal gives the Giants two first-round picks, opening numerous draft options ahead of this week's selections.
• This blockbuster move shakes up draft projections and bolsters Cincinnati's defensive line with Lawrence's elite talent.
US calls free-market capitalism ‘surest path to prosperity’ and seeks to forgo direct aid to developing countriesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Trump administration has moved to formally enlist foreign governments in a sweeping reorientation of global development policy, directing American diplomats worldwide to seek official support for a “trade over aid” declaration before its introduction at the United Nations later this month. This would mean a move away from direct aid to poor nations in favor of increased trade, led by private companies.Principal deputy spokesperson at the state department Tommy Pigott confirmed the initiative on Wednesday, framing it as a rejection of what he called a failed aid model. “The idea that trade and free market capitalism is the surest path to prosperity has been proven by the facts and by history,” Pigott said, adding that those calling for “aid not trade” were “really arguing for lining the pockets of a corrupt NGO industrial complex”. Continue reading...
President says he gave Britain ‘better deal than I had to’ but ally was ‘not there when we needed them’ on IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to row back on the trade deal the US signed with the UK last year, in his latest salvo against the British government over sharp differences about the US’s approach to the Middle East.The US president said the economic deal struck with the UK, which cut some of his tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel, was “better than I had to” and that it could “always be changed”. Continue reading...
