Comment on Asian shares tread cautiously, crude oil slips

Whatever policies the next president sets, domestic energy trends will depend largely on market forces. Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertions and false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive energy plan. Even if they do, a gridlocked Congress would be unlikely to pass it.

Elon Musk’s EV company delivered fewer cars in Q3 than Wall Street expected, but Tesla is planning an event to reveal the designs of its robotaxi later this month. On Wednesday, Tesla announced its third-quarter (Q3) productions, deliveries, and deployments report, causing stocks to fall more than 4% as of this writing.

Officials from leading exporters of affected commodities—including Brazil, Indonesia and the Ivory Coast—object to the EU’s regulation. A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the European Union to reconsider a deforestation regulation set to take effect in December.

Tuesday’s VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz was, for the most part, a civil exchange focused on policy. But one contentious moment stood out. Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate between Republican nominee JD Vance and Democratic nominee Tim Walz was, for the most part, a civil exchange, focused on policy—especially when compared to last month’s presidential debate.

‘The investments from Chinese private companies are largely driven by the need to circumvent trade barriers.’ Chinese firms’ overseas investments in clean energy technology projects have exceeded $100 billion since the start of 2023 as they aim to avoid tariffs in the U. S. and elsewhere, Australian research group Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said on Wednesday.

Red, blue, and radioactive green. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance of Ohio are both Midwesterners running for the same job.