BRASILIA, July 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's government has asked the U.S. to exclude food products and Embraer's ( ERJ ) aircraft from the 50% tariff it plans to impose on Brazilian goods starting August 1, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The request was the main topic of recent discussions between Brazilian and U.S. officials, the...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice dropped its bid to block American Express Global Business Travel Group's acquisition of CWT Holdings, according to court records entered in New York on Tuesday. The U.S. sued in January, before President Donald Trump took office, to block the proposed merger, saying the $570 million deal would eliminate competition between the largest and third-largest...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government has asked the U.S. to exclude food products and Embraer's aircraft from the 50% tariff it plans to impose on Brazilian goods starting August 1, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The request was the main topic of recent discussions between Brazilian and U.S. officials, the source said, including three calls between...