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China has no plans to scrap Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC) soon, despite the fact that Beijing

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The head of Azerbaijan's state oil company Socar said Wednesday that he had resigned, putting in dou

Two former presidents of a key maritime labor union and 14 lower-ranking ex- officials were indicted

New meteorological codes go into effect worldwide today to provide more accuracy in weather forecast

Japan has proposed in global trade talks to allow foreign insurers to provide coverage for its natio

General Electric Co. is closing its electric train engine repair facility in St. Louis, likely throw

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Gasoline inventories fell by 2.9 million barrels in the week ended June 25 compared with the previou

British Prime Minister John Major made an impassioned plea to his fellow Group of 7 leaders Wednesda

As Mexico puts meat to the skeleton of its recently announced hazardous materials regulations, U.S.

Chastain Shipping Co. and Duchess Shipping Co., two Houston-based cargo consolidators, said they mer

The worst flood on the upper Mississippi River in nearly 30 years has slowed rail operations but so

Leo Berndsen will bring a totally new style today when he takes over as chairman of Nedlloyd NV.

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Environmental activists have accused Western nations of pure trade discrimination against producers

The number of Latin American and Caribbean nations using electronic customs filing systems could dou

It had all the elements of a deal: the support of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the backin

The story "State-of-the-Art Coffee Plant Opens in New Orleans" and the accompanying graphic "Top US

Key labor negotiations involving West Coast dockworkers and American seafarers are going down to the

Truckers are worried that a Massachusetts budget plan will lead to "backdoor deregulation" of the tr

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For U.S. exporters and foreign investors, the road to Kazakhstan is, for the most part, long and per

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 205.14 off 0.07 which compares

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A court ruling in Washington Wednesday plunged into doubt the future of the North American free-trad

There's some derogatory talk circulating around the Port of Oakland these days concerning Bill Steve

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Signs of stronger fundamentals in the U.S. natural gas industry have sparked optimism that it may be

RUSSIAN EXPORT VALUES OFF; VOLUME INCREASESRussian hard-currency export revenue dropped in t

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The controversial project to remove dioxin-contaminated sediment from 62 berths in Newark Bay and du

The question of whether the chemical breakdown of plastics qualifies as recycling is heating up in O

Federal Express Corp., in a filing made public Tuesday, claimed the U.S. Postal Service has repeated

United Arab Shipping Co. has made no final decision on the specifics of a proposed fleet of containe

Despite the excellent reputation that Japan and Germany have for product quality, they have not foun

1473 (June 30, 1993) Previous day - 1484 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Japan and Saudi Arabia are going ahead with plans to set up three joint- venture oil refineries in J