Latest news

The re-election of President Fernando Cardoso will make it a lot easier for the promise of transport

The government's failure to issue regulations implementing intermodal legislation enacted last Febru

With the Brazilian economy teetering between recovery and a steep plunge that could take the rest of

Years of rapid growth in the automotive industry had forged dreams of turning Brazil into the fourth

Multinational corporations operating in Brazil haven't lost their appetite for investment in Latin A

President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's handsome first-round re-election victory on Oct. 4 may have us

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

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

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

Freight forwarders, exporters and others involved in international trade will get a chance this mont

Confidence in China's economy has improved, Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach said.

After decades of benign neglect, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to have rediscovered customs and inter

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

China intends to increase protection for new technology as the main thrust of intellectual property

Police arrested and charged five Greenpeace activists with shoplifting and trespassing last week, af

The Stroh Brewery Co. said it plans to expand the licensed production and sale of Stroh's brands in

Women's World Banking, a leader in microfinance for poor women, concludes its biannual global meetin

Motorola Inc. said it is offering 125 voluntary job buyouts in Dublin, Ireland, as the company moves

China rejected U.S. criticism of its mounting trade surplus, saying the Asian crisis was behind the

The Carter Center will send a team to monitor Venezuela's Dec. 6 presidential elections, the organiz

In one of Cuba's largest joint ventures, Canadian investors and a local state firm plan a pioneering

China has agreed to accept U.S. wheat donations to aid flood victims along the Yangtze River, despit

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana reported a third-quarter net loss of $12.3 million vs. a loss of $6

Hvide Marine Inc., a provider of marine-support services in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said its third-qu

U.S. Customs agents have seized nearly 1,000 pounds of cocaine hidden inside an empty freighter arri

'We will maintain the purchasing power of the real. We are not going to alter the exchange rate.'

The bare-chested man is straining to hold onto a short leash of an enormous bull that is getting rea

U.S. importers of textiles and apparel are carefully counting their numbers these days, as nearly 40

World Trade Organization chief Renato Ruggiero was assaulted with pastries in London on Friday as he

European regulators and carriers have reached a broad agreement on the shape of shipping regulation

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo AG this week is expanding the range of its time-definite air cargo service

Canadian National Railway Co. and Illinois Central Corp. eliminated another potential opponent to th

The American Trucking Associations is trying a different approach to driver recruitment in a joint p

Canada, in a decision that puts it at odds with the United States, has formally turned over manageme

Miami International Airport, following the trend of economic downturn throughout Latin America, is f

A portion of the Mississippi River was closed to deep-draft ships for about three hours Thursday aft

The European Union is taking eight member-governments to court for signing liberal aviation agreemen

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There a

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLPWilliam ''Ric'' Yocke has become a director of the firm.As leader of th

Two influential figures are calling on the health-care insurance industry to embrace computer techno