The South Korean Embassy in the US has replied to a letter from Republican lawmakers concerning what they described as discriminatory regulations affecting e-commerce giant Coupang and other American companies.

Twenty-one American companies are donating millions towards a new White House ballroom, estimated at $400 million.

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American companies have voiced significant concern regarding China's recently introduced supply chain regulations, fearing potential disruptions and increased operational complexities.

More than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have accused South Korea's new left-wing government of favoring Chinese businesses and implementing regulatory attacks against American tech companies.

Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. would target Iran's energy sites if diplomatic talks fail, while the White House has stated the U.S. military is ready to prevent any Iranian attacks amid threats against American companies.

Ukraine's energy minister announced that a Ukrainian delegation in the United States has secured important agreements with American companies concerning energy projects and hydrocarbons production sharing in Ukraine.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly criticized American technology companies for what he perceives as 'double standards' in their engagement with the US government, particularly concerning the defense applications of artificial intelligence.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to target American companies in the Middle East, urging their employees to evacuate immediately. This follows the listing of Amazon and Google offices in the region as potential targets last week.

Two large American companies have withdrawn their reservations and sponsorships from Noma, with one having booked tickets worth $100,000.

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A high-ranking Iranian official confirmed that Iran and the United States remain deeply divided on sanction relief during nuclear program negotiations, with Iran proposing business opportunities for American companies in exchange for peace.

American companies are increasingly choosing foreign jurisdictions, particularly London, as the new frontier for their debt restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings.

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A US State Department official has indicated that American companies are expressing interest in mining assets in Congo, specifically mentioning the Rubaya region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, emphasizing its role in global technology supply chains. Modi stated that modules produced there would reach American companies and power the world.

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The US Treasury Department has eased sanctions, allowing American companies to conduct business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company, with some restrictions, as the Trump administration seeks ways to increase global oil supplies.

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John Ginkel, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy, met with representatives from Bechtel Corporation to discuss the readiness of American companies to cooperate with Bosnia and Herzegovina on crucial projects.

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A report suggests that the construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland, led by American companies, is being treated primarily as a business venture, potentially limiting the involvement of Polish firms.

Two Americans have been sentenced for their involvement in a scheme that used fake IT workers to defraud American companies and funnel $5 million to North Korea. The individuals were found guilty of assisting North Korea in illicit financial activities.

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US Chargé d'Affaires Nancy VanHorn held a series of meetings with high-ranking Albanian government officials, emphasizing Trump's commitments regarding the elimination of cartels and fair agreements for American companies in Albania.

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Iran's minister has stated that the country will target American companies if its energy infrastructure comes under attack.

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As Demand Grows, US Nuclear Energy Industry Faces Looming Crunch In Reactor Fuel Supply Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, The Department of Energy (DOE) has invested billions in incentivizing domestic production of enriched uranium for the commercial development of advanced nuclear reactors, including $2.7 billion issued last month to three companies to build centrifuges and processing plants necessary to produce fuel for reactor cores. Yet, a fuel crunch that could hobble President Donald Trump’s “nuclear renaissance” initiatives looms as soon as 2028, several experts warned during the two-day U.S. Nuclear Industry Council’s 13th annual Advanced Reactors Summit in Seattle that concluded Feb. 12.  “If America wants to lead in advanced reactors, we have to do the nuclear fuel here. Make no mistake about that,” Centrus Energy Senior Vice President Patrick Brown told more than 400 nuclear industry professionals on Feb.12. “Unfortunately, we’re really building from zero.” Right now, he said, less than 1 percent of the nuclear fuel that the nation’s 94 commercial reactors annually consume is produced domestically, and that is exclusively dedicated to the Pentagon. The nation’s commercial nuclear energy industry is “completely reliant on foreign imports” of enriched uranium, he said, primarily from Kazakhstan and Canada. Those imports include up to 5 percent from Russia that won’t be available soon. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Congress in 2023 banned U.S. companies from importing Russian uranium. That ban goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2028. Brown said with the global nuclear fuel market already constrained, domestic industry’s scramble to revive enrichment—a process American companies invented and once dominated—is now a race to have supply available to meet demand as new reactors come online. Because that demand—spurred by the president’s May 2025 executive orders to license 10 new reactors by 2030 and quadruple commercial nuclear energy output by 2050—is likely to outpace domestic fuel production until the early 2030s, he said a timing shortage will emerge in 2028.  “That’s when we'll see that the problem is there’s not enough non-Russian supply” of enriched uranium to replace even the relatively small amount it now produces in a tight market where restrictions on one supplier impacts the entire market. “Fortunately,” Brown said, the industry and the Trump administration recognize there is an approaching gap between burgeoning demand and static supply, and has deemed restoring domestic capacity to enrich uranium a national security priority akin to “a second Manhattan Project.” The entrance of Urenco's uranium enrichment plant in Gronau, Germany. Urenco USA also operates a commercial enrichment plant in New Mexico and is among the few companies in the United States authorized to do so. Volker Hartmann/DDP/AFP via Getty Images Industry Must Respond The nation’s domestic nuclear fuel supply chain got a $2.7 billion boost when the Department of Energy on Jan. 5 issued awards to three domestic companies to enrich low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium. Securing $900 million awards each to build uranium enrichment plants are California-based General Matter in a former Paducah gaseous diffusion plant in western Kentucky, North Carolina-headquartered Orano Group’s Federal Services operation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Maryland-based Centrus Energy’s uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio. Brown said unlike the array of demonstration projects the Department of Energy is sponsoring, such as the Energy Reactor Pilot Program that has 10 companies vying for federal funding if they can demonstrate functionality of their designs by July 4, 2026, enriching uranium is not a new process. “We’re not here to do science experiments, right?” he said. “We’re here to go big or go home. We’re not going home. The era of demonstration is over. We are moving onto large-scale commercial production.” Centrus is already licensed to produce low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium in its Ohio plant, he said. Its Technology and Manufacturing Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is the only domestic manufacturer of centrifuges needed for the enrichment process. It’s ready to gradually scale-up production. “We have the site. We have the facility,” Brown said. “We have the room to expand” at the Piketon plant, which is demonstrating with 18 centrifuges what could be replicated by thousands. “Our technologies are proven and are actively producing [high-assay low-enriched uranium] today,” he said. The Department of Energy award is designed to induce a long-term “demand signal” for investors and utilities, he said, by assuring them there will be ample domestic supply of enriched uranium available should they incorporate nuclear power into their grid expansion plans. However, Brown said, the Piketon plant and other projects nationwide are not expected to reach peak production until the early 2030s, meaning there could be more demand than supply until production can catch up. While the Department of Energy funding is critical in seeding domestic capacity to be self-sufficient in producing nuclear fuels, how swiftly that can be achieved is now up to the industry itself, he said, encouraging operators to begin negotiating “off take” agreements with Centrus and others engaged in uranium enrichment so they can secure their fuel supply and processors can commit to ramping up with confirmed orders. “This is the chicken-and-the-egg problem that [the Department of Energy] was trying to solve. They said, ‘Build the capacity and the advanced reactor development will come while we’re building it,’” Brown said. “That’s the message. So we need firm contracts to proceed to build further. So let us know. We’re ready.” Tyler Durden Sun, 02/15/2026 - 14:00