Detroit trash pick up resumes as city strike drags on
In Detroit 14 of 600 trash haulers resumed collecting garbage amid ongoing 16 day strike by 7,000 city workers. Teamsters report hundreds crossed picket lines. AFSCME says far fewer returned. Negotiations held in secret location to avoid media attention.
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Trade deal halts Japanese chip dumping and expands U S access
The five year accord ends bargain basement Japanese chip sales in the United States and gives U S semiconductor makers a larger market share. It aims to restore jobs, with U S officials pledging to resume dumping cases if new evidence appears. The agreement, reached just before midnight, will be monitored for price controls on mass produced chips.
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Experts say U S must win chip war to keep tech edge
New York AP reports that Japan's chip concessions improve U S competitiveness in semiconductors but warn the United States still faces a fierce battle. Analysts say losing the chip race could impair U S tech leadership across industries as Japan leads in memory chips while U S firms dominate microprocessors and logic chips.
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