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Russia's top customs official warned this week that his republic would protect its economic interest

President George Bush over the weekend said the Jones Act, which reserves for U.S.-built and manned

The U.S. dollar traded broadly higher early Tuesday afternoon, extending last week's rally, dealers

In many ways, very little has changed in this tiny former West German town on the border with former

USS/Kobe Steel Co., a joint venture between U.S. giant USX Corp. and Japan's Kobe Steel Ltd., will m

The highest-level U.S. trade mission to Taiwan in more than 10 years is seeking a big chunk of the i

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A consortium of Japanese shipbuilders is said to be relying on U.S. technology in its bid for a Qata

BELARUS TO ESTABLISH A FREE-TRADE ZONEThe Belarus government has decided to set up its first

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 14, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Tuesday Feb. 18, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM TO CUT 1,100 JOBSNEW YORK - Phillips Petroleum Co. Tuesday said i

Switzerland posted a January trade surplus of $63 million (93 million Swiss francs), compared with a

Regulators' failure to identify and correct financial problems at four large insurance companies led

Officials of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union angrily denied charges that u

Not surprisingly, John Stocker, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, telephoned to comp

The wave of privatization and free trade sweeping Latin America these days has generated an unpreced

As of Feb. 14, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Japanese-owned Nintendo of America Inc. will ask U.S. trade officials to help Nintendo fight what it

Exports of chemicals gave an unprecedented boost to the U.S. industry in 1991, making up for weak do

A senior executive of Boeing Co.'s commercial jetliner group has told employees of its 777 Division

Like a reluctant class sitting for a school photograph, the U.S. chemical industry is having some tr

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

Some Western governments are concerned their nationals might be preventedfrom leaving Libya

Upset by a lawsuit for damages stemming from union observance of a 1991 secondary boycott against CS

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Only 16 items remain on India's restricted list of imports after a drastic pruning announced last we

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Trade officials from a number of countries are discussing a limited role for a United Nations commit

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 14, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

AIR PRODUCTS TO BUILD COGENERATION FACILITYALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

Argentina's economy is slowly recovering from a four-year recession, but times are still tough down

The United States has set a March 31 deadline for the European Community to agree to a plan to reduc

Shake-ups at two major surplus line insurance brokerage firms are creating new competition and new h

Angry investors in the giant Lloyd's of London insurance market took their fight over losses to the

General liability protection, once elusive to professionals who test and clean up buildings contamin

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

Freightliner Corp. of Portland, Ore., took the lead in sales of heavy trucks last monthas the recess

The adaptation of "big bag" cargo containers, already used to transport minerals, powdered detergent