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U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky is traveling to Beijing with Secretary of State Madele

The ''three amigos'' of the northern Mediterranean - the ports of Genoa, Italy, Marseilles, France,

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the comment period on a proposal to dump dredging materi

U.S. exports of textiles and apparel inched ahead by 1.5 percent last year to $17 billion, despite t

Malaysia anticipates $5 billion in new investment in the petrochemical sector beginning in 2001. Abo

A $1 billion liquefied natural gas plant located in Trinidad and Tobago, owned and operated by a con

An International Monetary Fund team ended a four-day tour of Tanzania here with a call for the count

Intermodal traffic jams have become legendary at this key Italian-Swiss border crossing. For that ma

Allstate Corp. may be close to buying a major personal lines insurer, informed sources told The Jour

Marinette Marine Corp. of Marinette, Wis., has won a $60 million contract to build two seagoing buoy

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The fast pace of growth in the U.S. economy, and a gloomy situation in Japan and Europe, will keep

The U.S. Department of Transportation has scheduled a national safety conference for Tuesday and Wed

Atlas Air Inc. is placing another Boeing 747-200 freighter with Ladeco, a subsidiary of Lan Chile SA

The southern rim of the Mediterranean presents unique opportunities for U.S. trade and investment, w

Japan cut back steel exports to the United States sharply for the second month in a row in January,

Sen. Phil Gramm last week lashed out at an insurance agents group, saying its demands for restrictio

Chicago Title Corp.'s primary underwriting subsidiary, Chicago Title Insurance Co., has purchased th

Industry veteran Walter Abernathy and economist Marc M. Goloven will address a seminar on the landbr

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Europe's political leaders sidestepped the controversial decision on whether to set aside eight-year

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The Journal of Commerce industrial materials price index, a leading indicator of inflation, fell to

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

.S. apparel importers will find it a little easier to import their dresses and shirts wrinkle-fre

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The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

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

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Wednesday the Clinton administration would oppose a Senate prop

When U.S. railroads and their Mexican partners purchased the former state rail monopoly, they were b

Lufthansa Cargo AG is pulling freighter service out of two of its U.S. gateways next month in a move

The much-vaunted recovery bid of Asian economies may face rough sailing if the Japanese yen weakens

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No longer something used exclusively by scientists and weather forecasters, catastrophe modeling has

Ford Motor Co. will not renege on its expansion plans for Asia despite the regional financial crisis

Chile's fruit exports increased 14 percent to a record 1.5 million tons in 1998, with more than thre