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Canada may appeal a new World Trade Organization's ruling against its milk and dairy exports.

Mar. 17, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The seasonal slowdown at West Coast ports hasn't arrived yet this year.U.S. imports from Asi

The White House and its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill are searching for an alternative to a radi

The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)JANUARY 1999 DECEMBER 1998 JANUARY 1

JAPAN: The trade surplus climbed 72.2 percent in January compared to the same month last year, refle

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

Southeast Asia countries asked Japan on Thursday to speed up its release of $30 billion in assistanc

The European Commission Thursday gave its regulatory blessing to plans by British American Tobacco P

Two barriers to approval of the Canadian National Railway Co. and Illinois Central Corp. rail merger

Third-party logistics is set to grow 20 percent annually over the next three to five years, with hug

With shipping lines facing another year of weak revenue and cost-cutting, ports that have leases up

(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)TRADE BALANCE EXPO

he Ocean Shipping Reform Act that amends the U.S. Shipping Act of 1984 will take effect May 1. And t

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, House and Senate leaders and a delegation of 200 visi

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest maker of computer software, is under investigation in South Kor

Plans for the capital's first business park have attracted the attention of International Business M

Private-sector economists in Moscow are still waiting for Russia to formulate an economic policy.

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Mar. 18, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

Sears Home Administrative Services Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck and Co., has ent

Hvide Marine Inc. has decided to exercise its right to defer the payment of interest on the 6 1/2 p

Deutsche Post will acquire the trucking, parcels and distribution unit of Royal Nedlloyd, the Dutch

little publicized practice in global trade is wreaking havoc on U.S. exporters, export incentive pro

739 (Mar. 16 1999) Previous - 731The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays pu

'It's unfortunate that race and ethnicity remain very much a part of whether insurance is readily av

Agriculture and trade officials are working to help match domestic cotton growers to the needs of th

Russia's cash-strapped budget managers appear to have overridden the objections of the Trade Ministr

Mar. 18, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Moving quickly, the central Cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee this week accepted all re

U.S. insurers, eager to develop global growth strategies, need to develop universal ethics standards

Seaboard Marine said it will assume control over three charter vessels that make up the west coast S

FDX Corp., owner of Federal Express Corp. and parcel carrier RPS, posted strong results in its tradi

AEI Corp., a global integrated logistics and transport services provider, announced that Bruce J. Kr

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The U.S. trade deficit jumped to a record $17 billion in January, as exports fell and imports rose,

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