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China will be unable to equal the calendar 1987 harvest of 15.3 million metric tons of oil-bearing c

The first futures market in China is likely to be launched late next year - much later than original

Atlantis Line Ltd. has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to reconsider a decision limiting the s

Avondale Industries Inc., a shipbuilder in New Orleans, is getting a $100 million loan from a syndic

The European Community Commission has asked EC states to recognize each other's driver's licenses, e

American President Cos. has adopted a new stockholder rights plan extending the company's common sto

U.S. policy-makers under the Bush administration should make the conclusion an investment treaty wit

Tough talk dominated the opening day Thursday of the 12th annual Taiwan-U.S. economic conference, at

When the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations began two years ago, trade ministers agreed to establis

The Frankfurt trade fair company Messe Frankfurt GmbH will host an export- oriented trade fair and c

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who was sworn in Thursday, has named a 26-member cabine

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

NORTHVALE, N.J. - A projected increase in sales of Korean-made OB beer in the wake of the Seoul Olym

The European Community will seek over the weekend to convince its skeptical trading partners that th

OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1988, FACT SHEET #18. The Trade Act of 1988 amends the Trad

TRADE IMPROVEMENT WAS STYMIED in the third quarter, economist Donald Ratajczak said after the Commer

New technologies and diverging population trends are reshaping the pattern of world trade, according

JAPAN CONSIDERS UN RESOLUTION UNFAIRJapan has called on the United Nations to delete its nam

A leading shipping line in the North Atlantic has announced its intention to cease cooperating with

The island of Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal, is planning to establish an international s

The Coast Guard wants to use the design requirements for floating electric water lights established

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient, bronze age port on the Israeli coast with a warehouse stoc

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* James Bruce - More Than Just A Swan Song

Japanese Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno asked the United States Thursday to remove $165 million in trad

Top U.S. business leaders will be flocking to Montreal this weekend to show their support for U.S. T

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Lowell Tuttle, who runs one of this city's 340 independent insurance agencies, offers a piquant desc

U.S. companies are increasingly turning to Indian firms for tie-ups and distribution arrangements to

A massive Customs Service probe into possible violations by importers has apparently produced very l

The incoming U.S. administration appears poised for a hard line on the issue of trade and developmen

Two U.S. companies and a Hong Kong-based company are beginning production of cold-storage refrigerat

Rising demand for shipments of grain and coal will provide owners of dry bulk ships with an improvin

Major shipping lines in the troubled trade from the Far East to the United States agreed to raise ra

Senegal is not out of the woods yet, but the government has effectively implemented a series of adju

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Admiral Cruises Ltd., has placed an order f

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It will be the conference heard round the world - by computers, that is. In a major breakthr

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN SETS COAL LOADING RECORDNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. reported it s

The new head of one of the nation's largest trucking associations, the National Private Truck Counci