WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that U.S. government vessels would be able to cross the canal without paying fees, likely ratcheting up tensions after President Donald Trump threatened to take back control of the crossing. The canal authority, an autonomous agency overseen by the Panamanian government, said in a statement...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Canada's Alberta province, a major gas producer, needs to find new export markets in face of a U.S. tariff threat, and expanding in Japan is an important target, its minister of environment and protected areas, Rebecca Schulz, told Reuters. Given what we've seen in the United States, this is reinforcement that we need to diversify our export...

TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's Alberta province, a major gas producer, needs to find new export markets in face of a U.S. tariff threat, and expanding in Japan is an important target, its minister of environment and protected areas, Rebecca Schulz, told Reuters. Given what we've seen in the United States, this is reinforcement that we need to diversify...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Corp ( MSBHF ) took a 52.2 billion yen ($342.4 million) impairment charge on its domestic offshore wind projects in the nine-month period ended in December, it said on Thursday. The trading house said on Monday it is reviewing how to proceed with its offshore wind projects in Japan given a significantly changed business environment,...