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MEXICO HAS SURPLUSIN JANUARY TRADEMEXICO CITY_Mexico revised its January trade statistics to

U.S. footwear companies are learning there are still many ways for uncooperative governments to get

''He was basically bumped. They didn't want this guy who was Jewish to make the visit.''

The Big Three U.S. automakers don't know what's good for them, or for America, when it comes to doll

The European Union, charging that new U.S. rules of origin on textile products could damage the comm

US, JAPAN END TALKSON PAPER WITHOUT PACTTOKYO - Japan and the United States ended two days o

Plans to create a free-trade zone involving 15 European Union member states and 12 southern Mediterr

Latin American customs directors who met recently in this gateway city say they are pushing ahead wi

It's still the same old story for Northwest ports in the forest products game: Diversify or die.

A Canadian proposal for an international forestry agreement has drawn some surprising opposition.

OFFERS TO BUY* SEQUESTRENE FE 138 & TRIGARD 75 WP. Contact: Agrimag S.R.L. (Ciba Geigy). Tel

Worldwide trade in paper products - depressed for much of 1996 - is showing signs of bouncing back.<

Ports throughout the Southeast are investing millions of dollars in expanded facilities to handle fo

For years the Sisters of Providence, a Roman Catholic order headquartered in Indiana, owned timberla

MOST STATE FIRMS REPORTEDPROFITABLE IN VIETNAMHANOI - Almost four out of five of Vietnam's s

Malaysia Airlines intends to buy up to 15 of Boeing Co.'s latest addition to its family of high-tech

Asian leaders, under domestic political and social pressure, charged that new trade barriers arising

Shipping lines and their major corporate customers are dissatisfied with a pending Senate bill that

French automaker Renault's restructuring plans have sparked a multinational workers' protest that co

Plagued by Brazilian port strikes and lower production forecasts, coffee drinkers worldwide will hav

A story in The Journal of Commerce on Page 3B, March 7, headlined ''Mexico initiates changes before

A plan to make U.S. Department of Agriculture safety reports available to consumers on the Internet

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILSWEST OF PHOENIXMONTEZUMA, Ariz. - Vandals apparently released the brake

The International Transport Workers' Federation, a global coalition of transportation unions, is sup

A state-owned Chinese bank contributed nearly half of a $120 million package that saved the troubled

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Ron R. Surovik, who began his career with the Port of Galveston in 1971, will serve as interim port

Well along the road to getting government out of the transport business, Mexican transport officials

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

CHURCH FORGIVES ACCUSEDARSONIST BUT INSURER SUESSPARTANBURG, S.C. - Parishioners forgave the

May 1 is the deadline for nominations for the American Merchant Marine Seamanship Trophy, awarded fo

Two insurance carriers would pay $14 million to end lengthy litigation with Cooper Manufacturing Cor

AETNA INC.Joseph T. Sebastianelli was chosen to be president of Aetna Inc., based in Hartfor

Lloyd's of London edged a little closer to danger last week when a California Appeals Court ruled th

Property/casualty insurers are closely following developments in state legislatures across the count

SHIPSSTEVEDORES CANCELSTRIKE AT PARANAGUASAO PAULO - The Stevedores Union at Brazil'

Ocean carriers in the Europe-Asia trades are making a concerted effort to raise freight rates and en

Pressure is mounting on P&O Nedlloyd to make an early decision about which consortium the newly merg

Despite a recent exchange of contentious letters, trucking and railroad representatives will resume

JUDGE FREES 6 ACCUSEDIN STOWAWAY MURDER CASEHALIFAX - A Canadian judge freed six Taiwanese s