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

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

Canada is poised to fire the first volley today in an anticipated bitter bilateral steel trade war t

The Environmental Protection Agency has banned the use of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons in aer

Chinese officials believe the nation will maintain its blistering growth in 1993 despite infrastruct

Consolidated Rail Corp. and Chicago-based Alliance Shippers have agreed on a plan that would make th

Still smarting from a major December defeat, California insurers hope January will be kinder as they

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Members of a key maritime officers union ended nearly five years of gridlock by re-electing the top

Jan. 5, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Trans-Atlantic Agreement by 11 ship lines will have a "dramatic effect" on carriers' profitabili

Canada's composite leading indicator in October rose 0.5 percent from September to 147.8, Statistics

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 201.26 Dn 1.50 which compares wi

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Despite renewed speculation that China may make a large purchase of U.S. wheat soon, trade sources i

The dockworkers union local representing crane maintenance workers in South Florida has filed a laws

CHILE COPPER SMELTER FACING THREAT OF STRIKESANTIAGO, Chile - A strike is possible i

Inland Steel Co. is the worst polluter in Indiana and its toxic discharges in 1990 were far worse th

The Russian government is moving to set up new vertically integrated joint- stock oil companies in c

Tuesday Jan. 5, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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More laid-off workers than expected are taking Newport News Shipbuilding's offer to return to lower-

A threatened rate hike next month by United Parcel Service is causing a ripple effect, with catalog

Alaska Airlines hopes a 6 percent reduction in the ranks of its managers and cancellation of a plann

Texas Gov. Ann Richards Tuesday named Texas Railroad Commissioner Bob Krueger to fill the U.S. Senat

China's steel imports, which tripled 1991 volumes last year, are expected to continue rising as the

The United States has shut the door on its biggest grain customer, the former Soviet Union, refusing

Emery Worldwide has asked a federal district court to block the U.S. Postal Service from awarding an

A Houston energy company said Monday that it has signed Florida Power Corp. as a customer for a new

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 5, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Oil production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose 60,000 barrels a day in D

Exxon Co. USA will keep its output of refined oil products at about 15 percent below capacity becaus

The Port of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River announced it will not increase its charges for port use

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

As insurers were working on key marine liability insurance contracts Tuesday, the second major oil s

Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi, Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni and other foreign officials c

Today's confirmation hearing is expected to go smoothly for Ron Brown, President-elect Clinton's cho

Japan will present the International Whaling Commission with a set of proposals it hopes will pave t

Nearly a week into 1993, most of the New Year's resolutions made with great sincerity lastThursday n