UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he is ready to sign a trade agreement between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc, but that it is now up to the EU to conclude negotiations.

Speaking on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Lula said his country was surprising investors and credit rating agencies with stronger than expected growth, and offering new stability now that tax reform has advanced in Congress.

"If the EU is ready we can sign the trade agreement during the G20 meeting in Brazil," he told reporters, referring to the Group of 20 rich nations summit in Rio de Janeiro in November.

"I have never been so optimistic about the EU-Mercosur accord," the Brazilian leader added.

A European diplomatic source said there had been progress towards resolving differences at a face-to-face meeting of negotiators in Brasilia on Sept 5-6.

• Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares calls tariffs a 'trap' shielding legacy automakers
  

  • Stellantis' joint venture with Leapmotor gives access to Chinese EV technology
  • U.S. and EU have differing strategies on Chinese EVs and technology

LONDON/DETROIT, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Stellantis wants to adopt the low-cost mindset of Chinese EV makers despite the European and U.S. tariffs CEO Carlos Tavares lambasts as anticompetitive, but the world's No. 4 automaker must navigate trade barriers on both sides of the Atlantic if it wants to succeed.

Tavares calls tariffs a "trap," arguing they will hurt legacy automakers by shielding them from the reality that Chinese rivals make electric vehicles for about a third less.

The best way to compete is instead to "try to be Chinese ourselves," Tavares said at a Reuters Events conference in Munich in May.

That belief led Stellantis to purchase a 21% stake in China EV maker Leapmotor last October, creating a joint venture giving Stellantis access to Leapmotor technology and exclusive rights to produce its EVs outside of China.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there are complex copyright questions around scraping data to train AI models, but he suggests the individual work of most creators isn’t valuable enough for it to matter. [...]
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Zuckerberg said Meta’s future AI content strategy would likely echo its blunt response to proposed laws that would add a fee for links to news stories. The company has typically responded to these rules by blocking news outlets in countries like Australia and Canada. “Look, we’re a big company,” he said. “We pay for content when it’s valuable to people. We’re just not going to pay for content when it’s not valuable to people. I think that you’ll probably see a similar dynamic with AI.”

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Between Sept. 22-28, for any book bought from Powell's Banned Book list, 20% of the sale will be donated. There are over 150 books on the list available to be purchased, including book titles such as "Hunger Games," "1984," "Heartstopper" and "The Color Purple."

Also applies to www.powells.com

https://powells.com/banned-books

Coca-Cola Spiced, BTW.

The little computer-that-could benefits as supply chain eases

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20126672

Source Bloomberg article

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Source Wall Street Journal article

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North American theater owners new capital investments draw moviegoers house premium experience local multiplex.