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CHINA MAINTAINS STAKE IN AUSTRALIAN MININGSYDNEY, Australia - Chinese officials say they wil

After years of seeing Latin America chiefly as a region of security threats, Washington is slowly be

The government of Taiwan has made considerable strides in curbing once- blatant piracy of books and

Initial sales of its stereo speakers in Japan in 1976 were disappointing for Bose Corp. Its

JAPAN URGED TO BOOST IMPORTS FROM 'DRAGONS'Japan needs to absorb more exports from Asia's ne

FOSTER WHEELER CORP. (Clinton, N.J.) - George S. White was elected a vice president. He had served a

Pittston Coal Group Inc., the nation's leading exporter of coking coal to Japan's steel industry, sa

The Bonneville Power Administration Friday began supplying electricity to Sacramento, Calif., where

The state natural resources commissioner suspended the competitive oil and gas leasing program, citi

Negotiators representing U.S. semiconductor manufacturers and Japanese electronics makers agreed at

U.S., European and Japanese business executives believe Japan will be the economic power hurt most b

RULES/REGULATIONS Workplace Hazardous Material Information System Seminar. June 19. Newark,

Japanese oil companies are seeking new sources of low-sulfur crude oil, fearing that China's politi

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

CONRAIL UPGRADES PA.-OHIO COAL ROUTEConsolidated Rail Corp. said it will spend $4.5 million

HEAT STABILIZERS Morton Thiokol Inc.'s Ventron division, Danvers, Mass., said it is raising

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The Environmental Protection Agency and a House subcommittee chairman areblaming the news me

American Cyanamid agreed to buy Praxis Biologics Inc., a small vaccine company, for about $238 milli

Allegheny Ludlum Corp. said it had filed suit charging Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan and others with i

The city of New York last week sued six lead pigment companies in state court for more than $50 mill

NEW ZEALAND TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (Washington) - This New Zealand government organization, which p

CHINESE SILK SHIPMENT TO JAPANESE CONFIRMEDChina has confirmed that its raw silk exports to

NY WANTS TO INTERVENE IN GE WASTE CASEALBANY, N.Y. - New York officials are trying to interv

U.S. trade policy-makers are fiddling around with romantic notions of a bygone era while U.S. econom

While the Philippine government is optimistically projecting 50 percent annual growth in electronic

The results are far from final regarding an island beach labeled Ingot 24. Ingot 24, which

Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell said he was confident that a clean- air bill, driven by hea

The visit by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to West Germany this week is expected to have only a

The Bush administration cannot rule out any option for action against China, including an embargo of

The commandant of the Coast Guard apologized to the nation's seafarers Friday for his much-publicize

THE GROUND BEGAN SHIFTING beneath our economic policy last week, with churning movements that produc

EC CONSUMER PRICES CONTINUE TO RISEBRUSSELS, Belgium - Consumer prices in the European Commu

The House Ways and Means Committee's trade subcommittee is expected to vote Wednesday on a new, and

A coalition of log ports and timber companies will spend $600,000 to fight proposed restrictions on

US AUTO PRODUCTION INCREASED LAST WEEKDomestic automakers were scheduled to produce 231,232

It's a long way from Moscow's musty foreign trade offices to the stylish Refco Inc. headquarters in

The Bush administration is carefully analyzing possible retaliatory actions against nations with tra

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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