Venice: EU & Japan Push Joint Trade Deal 🇪🇺🇯🇵

Challenging Trump, E.U. and Japan Push Joint Trade Deal <br />By JACK EWING and JONATHAN SOBLE <br />By forging ahead before the Group of 20 meeting, Europe and Japan threatened to isolate the United States in important industries. <br /> A liquefied natural gas plant at Ras Laffan in Qatar. <br />Qatar to Ramp Up Gas Production Amid Feud With Arab Neighbors <br />By STANLEY REED <br />The Persian Gulf state, which is under a blockade by Saudi Arabia and others in the region, says it will lift output 30 percent in the next five to seven years. <br />Vantiv Offers Worldpay a Deal Valued at $10 Billion <br />By CHAD BRAY <br />The British payment processor said it had agreed in principle to be acquired by an American rival that is looking to expand its international presence. <br /> The 72-foot-long, 16-foot-high bus was designed to ride on tracks, with its body elevated so that two lanes of traffic could pass underneath. <br />China’s Vision for a Straddling Bus Dissolves in Scandal and Arrests <br />By AUSTIN RAMZY and CAROLYN ZHANG <br />Thirty-two people from an investment company that backed the enterprise were arrested on suspicion of illegal fund-raising, effectively killing the project.