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The government of South Korea intends to settle major outstanding trade issues with the United State

While the majority of airline pilots believe commercial-airline travel is safe, 43 percent believe a

A proposed settlement between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Japanese makers of all-terr

The slide of the U.S. dollar against a variety of world currencies has reached serious proportions,

PBGC Pension Plans Face Higher PremiumsAbout 17 percent of the 112,000 private pension plans

It's back to square one for Pan Am Corp. and its unions. The two sides are expected to get t

The U.S. dollar rose early Wednesday in reaction to the Group of Seven's statement urging dollar sta

A new Brazilian law extending copyright protection to foreign computer software may make life more d

Austria's Creditanstalt has opened a representative office in Moscow, making it the first Austrian b

West German economists reacted favorably Wednesday to the Group of Seven statement on stabilizing th

Canada's new National Transportation Act, due to take effect Jan. 1, may cause problems for a Wester

Britain's imports soared to a record high last month, pushing the country's trade deficit deeper int

When it comes to high-quality toys, the Germans always have regarded themselves as leaders, both dom

Japan's failure to make good losses that Chinese corporations incurred when Japan barred Toshiba Mac

Japan plans cuts next fiscal year in its import duties on 107 items rangingfrom chocolate to

The concept is simple, like all good ideas. It goes like this: Shipyard workers know how to load shi

EC Takes 2 Members To Court Over DutiesBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said Wedne

U.S. shipbuilders, battered almost to extinction in recent years, say all they need from the Reagan

Ford Motor Co. said its transfer of $61 million to a former South African subsidiary was legal, deny

EC Fines Distributor Of Fisher-Price ToysBRUSSELS, Belgium - Quaker Oats UK, a British compa

The European Community said Wednesday it had exempted a joint Italian- Japanese copier producing ven

Coast Guard Further Tightens Its BeltThe Coast Guard, one of the hardest hit agencies in the

The growing Crowley interests seek an unusual exemption from regulation by the Federal Maritime Comm

Shoppers yearning for VCRs and "camcorders" under their Christmas trees are advised to buy now, as J

John Bowers, the president of the International Longshoremen's Association, said he is no longer pre

Insurers have doubled the hull war-risk premiums paid by ship operators on vessels trading in the Pe

The U.S. fashion industry is receiving mixed reviews for its exporting efforts. While buyers

A top administration official raised doubts that the United States would defend the dollar at curren

Europe Container Terminus of Rotterdam has won the bitterly contested battle among three major North

The Department of Defense plans to begin using electronic data interchange over the next two years t

Selling in a foreign market is like passing through a series of doors where each one represents gove

Steamship lines are promising they will steer additional container traffic to Vancouver as quickly a

Hoechst Licenses Himont ProcessWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont Inc. and Hoechst AG have completed

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Pott Industries Corp. hopes to establish what may be the first commercial hazardous waste incinerato

The Liposome Co. has entered into a development and licensing agreement with Taisho Pharmaceutical C

A group of former employees and New York area investors has purchased Wedtech Corp.'s high technolog

Eli Lilly & Co. said it has completed the sale of its Elizabeth Arden Inc. cosmetics subsidiary to F

Consumer activist Ralph Nader and 15 environmental groups have endorsed a table grape boycott by the

BASF AG, the West German chemicals group, said it plans to enter the U.S. latex market through the a