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A new study of international trade in textiles and apparel blames self- protective measures in other

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has no plans for special commodity donations to sugar-exporting n

Foreign trade in the Los Angeles area will grow by 6 percent this year, just over half the increase

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

TRW, Japanese Form Steering Gear VentureTRW Inc. and Koyo Seiko Co. have agreed to form a jo

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

A Hong Kong entrepreneur bought a five-star hotel Thursday in London's tourist district for more tha

High technology and innovation are likely to be the key factors in boosting U.S. exports to Hong Kon

Hong Kong manufacturers are showing greater interest in European trade fairs. The move follo

New Tax on Imports Is Delayed in TrinidadKINGSTON, Jamaica - The government of Trinidad and

The Shanghai customs department will simplify paper work to speed commodity inspections and entry an

International Business Machines Corp. researchers have made the world's fastest dynamic memory compu

The government of Indonesia is forecasting economic growth of between 3 percent and 5 percent into t

For the first time, Mexico will discuss in detail its foreign investment regulations when it meets w

U.S. industry operated at 82.2 percent of capacity in January, matching theDecember level as

Coca-Cola Co. sales in several Asian countries grew faster than Coke's overall volume in 1987, compa

Britain's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 9.2 percent of the work force in January f

A congressional trade bill subconference will postpone consideration of many controversial provision

Ford Motor Co.'s net income in the fourth quarter of 1987 was $932 million, up 19 percent from $785

* Textile and Apparel Trade Revision Urged 4A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Eric Ehrmann - Urugua

Authorities may authorize construction of a $90 million copper smelting plant in this Pacific resort

Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay's foreign minister, was elected president of the Inter-American Developmen

The presidential campaign lost two candidates Thursday, with the decision by Delaware's Pete du Pont

President Reagan gave Congress a $1.09 trillion budget proposal that met the terms of a recent econo

The ancient Delphic oracle, know thyself, may seem incongruous in the fast- moving, nerve-racking en

U.S. offers on a major international coal tender issued by a Scottish utility will be half-hearted,

Oxford Energy Buys Waste Tire OperationOxford Energy Co. said it purchased the waste tire co

The major energy initiative in President Reagan's fiscal year 1989 budget is a request for increased

Muscatine Power Joins Western Fuels GroupMuscatine Power and Water Co., Muscatine, Iowa, has

The tugboat workers' strike in New York Harbor has halted barge deliveries at independent oil and ga

Feb. 18, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Transco Energy Co. said it has budgeted $226 million for capital expenditures in 1988, compared with

W. German Oil Imports Increased in JanuaryFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German crude oil im

The Reagan administration is proposing in its 1989 budget to sell off the ElkHills and Teapo

STRIKE? WHAT STRIKE? Fuel oil merchants are not losing any sleep over this week's tugboat wo

Pollution liability insurance rates for underground storage tanks have increased dramatically becaus

Price of Gasoline Heads Down in NYALBANY, N.Y. - Gasoline prices headed down again during th

There was a time when air fare was the most expensive item on an executive's travel budget. The focu

Ryder System Inc. is more than just the nation's largest truck renting and leasing firm. The