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A blue-ribbon national panel created 18 months ago to study the future direction of intermodal trans

Senior Japanese and U.S. officials are likely to meet in Tokyo later this month to discuss a propose

CHINA LIFTS CONTROLS ON 29 INDUSTRIAL GOODSBEIJING - State authorities said they hav

Wednesday May 19, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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

Violent land and environment disputes in Rio de Janeiro, pitting rich against poor and the city gove

This is how it goes, says the United Mine Workers union, determined to seem as scrappyand defiant as

The United States will press its major trading partners to more aggressively open their markets to U

The United States will soon publish a list of its outstanding demands in the Uruguay Round of world

As farmers make progress in planting spring crops, traders and analysts expect acreage devoted to U.

An aircraft leasing unit of General Electric Co. seems likely to wind up with nearly half the equity

Aware that the road to the White House came through California, President Clinton and his trade and

Crude oil inventories rose 5.5 million barrels in the week ended May 14 compared with the previous w

Two Clinton administration officials pledged here this week to boost the competitiveness of U.S. ban

China's leading state-run construction bank will tighten credit on non- residential foreign property

Wellman Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the PET bottle recycling operation of Day Pro

JAPAN BACKS TAIWAN IN BID TO JOIN GATTTOKYO - Senior members of Japan's ruling party

Greenpeace wants all restrictions on oil spill compensation payments to be lifted and is calling for

1612 (May 19, 1993) Previous day - 1603 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur will visit the European Commission in Brussels on June 3 to d

To all major consumer markets, Taiwan sends in the clones. The country has a growing reputat

May 19, 1993 Copper Total, 113,069. Gold Total, .1,498,687.Silver To

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago5/19 5/18 Change % Change: 4/26

Nickel futures face a tough climb back after being hammered by a bout of liquidation selling that ha

Waterfront labor and advocates of a controversial Newark Bay dredging project met with New Jersey Go

Philippine President Fidel Ramos vowed Wednesday to press on with the fight against Westinghouse Ele

The U.S. dollar rose against the deutsche mark Wednesday, but declined against the Japanese yen on n

House maritime leaders Wednesday sought to revive the campaign for maritime subsidy reform that the

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit jumped by $2.3 billion in March to $10.2 billion, making it the h

What has been billed as Central America's first privately financed power project has begun operation

An international campaign is gathering pace to persuade the 83,000 Vietnamese ''boat people" in Asia

Chief trade negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico began a crucial four-day session h

Miami's Latin Chambers of Commerce, or Camacol, is building an international database of companies a

British officials expect legislation approving the treaty on closer European union to pass the House

Operators of a joint-venture U.S.-Japanese auto plant are looking to beef up production capacity in

High international sugar prices are likely to keep China from importing this year, despite increasin

Cargill Inc. said Wednesday it will build the world's first large-scale plant to produce a biodegrad

May 19, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The French Shippers' Council has stepped up pressure on the French government to strengthen existing

The House Ways and Means Committee has approved legislation requiring federal diesel excise taxes to