Bonnie McCurry just wants to relax after work. The 24-year-old tech designer at Under Armour might pick up groceries on her way to her Federal Hill home but then can avoid another stop for beer or wine by ordering on her iPhone using the Drizly app, which promises delivery within an hour.The last thing Curtis Rhoades wants to do after working all day is to fight traffic to stock up on trash bags and other household goods, so the 29-year-old Union Square resident orders such things from Amazon for delivery within two hours."I'm the kind of person, if I buy something, I want it then. I don't like waiting around for things," said Rhoades, a commercial electrician and part-time musician. "By the time I get off work and have time to do that stuff, it's rush hour and I don't feel like dealing with it. I'd rather pay someone than go to Wal-Mart."Once the realm of pizzas and mail-order sweaters from L.L. Bean, home delivery is not what it used to be. Today an ever growing array of products can … [Read more...] about Mobile technology spurs on-demand deliveries to consumers at home
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Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Climate Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByHiroko Tabuchi April 5, 2018 Officials from the Trump administration and the State of California, who have been negotiating behind the scenes on car emissions standards, are expected to reopen talks that could preserve Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. administrator, announced this week that his agency would start the process of rolling back the federal standards, which are aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. He also demanded that California, which has vowed to stick to its own stricter standards, fall in line and follow Washington’s lead. That announcement raised the specter of a messy legal battle between the Trump administration and California, which has the legal authority to write its own air pollution rules and has threatened to sue to protect that authority. … [Read more...] about Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions
Team Trump Eases Demands on NAFTA’s Regional Auto Content
The United States is softening the contentious automotive content requirement mandates pushed by the Trump administration as part of NAFTA renegotiation talks. While the demand is only one of many asks coming from the U.S., both Canada and Mexico said forcing 85 percent of a vehicle’s overall content to be sourced from the three countries (in order to side-step tariffs) was a nonstarter. Over the past year, the issue became a major sticking point in the trade talks — hindering progress and possibly dooming them to failure. While Trump’s intent was to bolster domestic employment by incentivizing North American parts suppliers, automakers expressed concerns and noted it was often difficult to reach the current threshold of 62.5 percent. The United States has now proposed applying the new content requirement only to major components (like a vehicle’s powertrain) while leaving fasteners (nuts, bolts, etc.) alone. As an automobile is made up of tens of … [Read more...] about Team Trump Eases Demands on NAFTA’s Regional Auto Content
Any NAFTA deal in principle would focus on auto rules: sources
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States, Canada and Mexico could soon announce a deal in principle to update NAFTA that would likely tackle the key issue of autos content while leaving other contentious chapters to be dealt with later, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo looks on during a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, Mexico March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido After more than eight months of slow-moving talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Washington is keen to settle the process quickly, citing the need to finish before Mexico’s July 1 presidential election. The ministers in charge of the talks are due to meet in Washington this week. If all goes well, the leaders of the three nations could make an announcement about … [Read more...] about Any NAFTA deal in principle would focus on auto rules: sources
Trump said to soften on NAFTA regional car content
Eric Martin and Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg Published 4:21 p.m. ET April 4, 2018 | Updated 4:21 p.m. ET April 4, 2018 The Trump administration has softened a key NAFTA demand for more North American content in car manufacturing – a potential olive branch on arguably the biggest sticking point as the U.S. pushes to reach a stopgap deal this month, according to three people familiar with the talks. The U.S. proposal would distinguish between different NAFTA car parts by grouping them into five categories, some of which would have a lower requirement for North American content or none at all, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to discuss the negotiations publicly. While the U.S. had been pushing for 85 percent of all vehicles to be sourced from the three NAFTA countries, its latest proposal would apply that threshold to major components such as transmissions and engines but not to the simplest inputs like nuts and bolts, the … [Read more...] about Trump said to soften on NAFTA regional car content