This New Year's Eve, the Champagne market is looking for hope

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The Champagne market appears to be stabilizing — even amid tariffs and shifts in consumer preferences.

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UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction

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Packages are being loaded onto UPS planes for shipment at the UPS West Coast Region Air Hub on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Ontario, CA.
UPS says it has seen "a significant increase" in the number of shipments that require formal customs clearance since new import rules have taken effect.

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Trump wants to crack down on imports. Businesses are preparing for the worst.

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The US is now buying more from Mexico than China for the first time in 20 years

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Mexico surpasses China as top US trade partner.

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Chinese garlic is a threat to US national security and a 'severe public health concern,' senator says

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Florida Senator Rick Scott says that garlic imported from China has been fertilized with human feces.

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China just bought 3 million metric tons of American soybeans

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Ryan Roberts eats some of the soy beans in his field to check if they are ready for harvest in Minooka, Illinois, September 24, 2014. 4.

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India's government is getting more uncomfortable buying Russian oil with Chinese yuan, putting payments in limbo

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Russian ruble sinks to level that previously triggered emergency measures from Moscow

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An employee counts Russian ruble banknotes at a private company's office in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, December 17, 2014

Russia 'seems to be rejoining the world trade,' after its 3 largest container ports neared their highest level of activity since the Ukraine war: think tank

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A view shows shipping containers at a commercial port in Vladivostok.
Vladivostok is a major container port in Russia.

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China is importing more from Russia than ever before, with trade between the 2 countries surging since Putin invaded Ukraine

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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in March.

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