Chinese regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of business deals and personal finances of senior executives as part of efforts to slow down the pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) and bolster secondary markets. This heightened inspection process involves onsite visits to companies, during which authorities…

A sweeping build-out of natural gas pipelines is reshaping the US Gulf Coast, marking the most intense burst of construction the region has seen since the early days of the shale revolution. Across Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, roughly a dozen major projects are due to be completed next year, lifting the Gulf Coast’s ability to move gas by about 13%. In volume terms, the new capacity is roughly comparable to the gas consumption of all of Canada, underlining just how dramatic the expansion is.

Much of this steel in the ground is designed with one purpose in mind: feeding a new generation of liquefied natural gas export terminals rising along the Gulf of Mexico. Companies such as Sempra, NextDecade, Venture Global and their peers are pouring tens of billions of dollars into liquefaction plants aimed at Europe, Asia and other import-dependent markets.

India is moving to strengthen one of its main export-support mechanisms because the Middle East war is turning what had already been a difficult trading environment into a more persistent policy problem. New Delhi is discussing higher spending for the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products scheme, or RoDTEP, and a five-year extension beyond its current September 30 expiry.

The scheme refunds taxes and levies not otherwise rebated and covers more than 10,000 products across sectors such as agriculture, textiles, and engineering goods. The immediate significance is that the government is no longer treating exporter stress as a short-lived disruption.