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By most measures, Germany is in an economic morass. Unemployment has hit a postwar high of 4.7 milli

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''At last Europe has a low-cost back yard just like the U.S. has in Mexico and Japan in its Asian ne

CHILE-EU FREE-TRADETALKS SET FOR 1998SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's free-trade agreement negotiat

Consolidation in the aerospace industry is still going strong as second-tier companies unite in resp

A Chinese corn farmer in Jilin province opens his bag of fertilizer as much of it evaporates. He the

POLISH UNEMPLOYMENTCONTINUES TO DECLINEWARSAW - Poland's January unemployment rate was 13.5

Re-exports continue to power Hong Kong's overall trade, and China is consolidating its position as t

TRUCKSDEPUTY FHWA CHIEFNAMED HEAD OF AGENCYWASHINGTON - Jane E. Garvey was n

Battling troubled economic times, Thailand is trying to forge a stronger currency and high interest

Norfolk Southern Corp. took the first regulatory step toward filing a formal application toacquire C

Avondale Industries, a major U.S. shipyard that has refused to recognize a union chosen by its 4,000

European shippers are being urged by one of their representative bodies to continue the legal fight

Feb. 24, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

FOURTH QUARTER GOODFOR BA CARGO REVENUELONDON - British Airways World Cargo reported revenue

1463 (Feb. 24, 1997) Previous day - 1465The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDINGPOSTS $5.2 MILLION LOSSNEW YORK - Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. report

US CUSTOMS EXTENDSCOMPLIANCE DEADLINEWASHINGTON - U.S. Customs announced Friday it will exte

A team from the International Monetary Fund left Moscow on Friday unable to recommend that Russia re

Japan's trade ministry called U.S. allegations it has hindered the sale of foreign-made photographic

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 21, 1997 (a graph)*

The Hong Kong government has revamped its copyright legislation to keep the territory in step with d

Potential business related to Mexico's war on drugs is one of the attractions that lured companies t

West Coast freight forwarders this week will present to Customs their proposals for changing an auto

''In the broader sphere, Southeast Asia would be concerned at any upsurge of nationalism in China as

Immediately following the unexplained crash of TWA 800 last July, the Clinton administration created

March may be the month the skies open, and we're not forecasting rain.Negotiators at the U

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. and its pilots tottered dangerously on the edge Feb. 15 until President Clint

KMART AND LIVERPOOLTO SELL MEXICAN UNITTROY, Mich. - Kmart Corp. and El Puerto de Liverpool

Rate increases and surcharges have been very much the major talking points in the European airline c

While companies do not talk openly about security measures, here are glimpses of two fictionalcarrie

Fifty years ago this month, the victorious Allies began breaking up the notorious I.G. Farben Indust

TOKYO SAYS TRADE SURPLUSNOT AFFECTING RECOVERYTOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister Tadashi

Friday Feb. 21, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CHICAGO MERC ENDSGLOBEX TRADE PROJECTCHICAGO - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has pulled th

The sodium leakage at Japan's first fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju last December was due to a ch

Ontario Hydro has offered a revised proposal to U.S. regulators that would allow U.S. power producer

In what appeared to be a complete reversal of long-standing policy, the U.S. Supreme Court has allow

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SHIPSAFL-CIO APPROVESCAMPAIGN AGAINST APLSAN FRANCISCO - The AFL-CIO executi