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Mexico has found unexpected allies as it tries to limit imports of genetically modified (GM) corn: some U.S. farmers who grow the crops.

Norway's Yara and Canada's Enbridge plan to invest up to $2.9 billion to build a low-carbon blue ammonia production plant in Texas, they said on Friday.

India's cabinet is set to adopt a gas panel report this week, which has recommended capping the price for most local gas at $6.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in April, two sources said on Monday.

Bolivian President Luis Arce said on Thursday he would be willing to jointly design a lithium policy with other Latin American countries to benefit their economies, echoing a similar proposal from Mexico's President.

In 2017, when the Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta AG agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with U.S. farmers who could not sell crops grown from genetically modified Syngenta corn seeds to Chinese buyers, the Texas plaintiffs' firm Watts Guerra represented about 55,000 individual clients with claims against the company.

China published draft rules on Friday outlining registration requirements for herbicides used on genetically modified crops, in another sign that Beijing is gearing up to allow greater use of GM technology in agriculture.

China's state planner said on Thursday it would guarantee supplies of key energy feedstocks for fertiliser companies, urging coal and natural gas enterprises to fulfil contracts signed with producers of the crop nutrient.

The United States on Thursday imposed restrictions on dealings in new issuances of Belarusian sovereign debt and expanded sanctions on the country, targeting dozens of individuals and entities in an action coordinated with partners including the EU.

German potash and salt miner K+S said on Wednesday the German Federal Cartel Office had granted final approval for the creation of the new REKS joint venture.

Australia will not back a pledge, led by the European Union and the United States, to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 due to concerns about the impact on farming, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.