Ecuador is set to launch a historic free-trade agreement with China. Negotiated by President Guillermo Lasso in May 2023 and ratified by the Assembly in February under President Daniel Noboa Azín, this pact marks a pivotal moment. Today, the government announced its imminent implementation. “On May 1st, Ecuador-China trade agreement activates,” announced Minister Sonsoles García […]
The U.S. Senate has passed a new bill that would offer a tax deduction on tips worth up to $25,000. This bill, if enacted into law, would also extend to business tax credits for payroll taxes on tips in beauty and spa services. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, is pushing the proposal – which […]
A former Democrat lawmaker in South Carolina, who has donated thousands of dollars to President Biden’s re-election campaign, warned about Biden’s age in 2019 while supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed presidential campaign. “Joe Biden has been running for president since before I was born,” Bakari Sellers told Politico in 2019 while serving as a […]