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A proposed international treaty to control toxic waste exports is in jeopardybecause the Un

All but one of a half dozen proposals that would have changed the face of ports in Washington state

RETAILERS REPORT HEALTHY SALES GAINSThe nation's major retailers today posted healthy sales

The first of thousands of payments from the Agent Orange settlement fund have been mailed to the fam

EC MINISTERS AIM FOR TOTAL CFC BANBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community ministers moved tow

Trade and industry groups gave a rather sour welcome to India's budget for fiscal 1989-90, which is

Royal Insurance, a leading U.K. insurer, posted fourth quarter profits of 83.4 million (US$142.8 mil

FREIGHT RATES FOR SMALL shipments moving in less-than-truckload lots rose 4.8 percent on Monday, for

The Interstate Commerce Commission proposed a simplified set of rules for states that want to regula

Canadian and U.S. energy companies are concerned that proposals to export natural gas from the Canad

CAUSTIC SODA Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, Texas, increased its list prices on all pack

The U.S. Coast Guard said the United States and 65 other nations have adopted a new radio communicat

The Bush administration is groping for new ways, other than trade re-prisals, to open foreign market

SETTLEMENT APPROVED IN OIL EXPLOSION CASEA judge Wednesday approved a $29.9 million settleme

One hundred years after a Naples chef presented the queen of Italy with a patriotic pizza, purists a

On the 42nd floor of a Manhattan skyscraper, a 24-year-old shipping executive has been assembling th

Legislation to expand U.S. trade benefits for Caribbean Basin countries will reach the House floor b

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

Sustained demand for key commodities heralds a good shipping season in 1989 for carriers on the Grea

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

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge has allowed RTM Line Ltd. to waive over $187,000 in mistaken

The U.S. cattle feeding industry has begun to focus on the impact and duration of export demand on

PAYMENTS DEFICIT INCREASES IN CANADACanada's balance of payments deficit rose C$2.2 billion

The shipbuilding sector in Singapore seems set for another solid year, with the first of the season'

Victims' families of the United Airlines air disaster last week can seek limited damages from the ai

The insurance industry can no longer count on House Republicans to stand firmly against repeal of in

The Bush administration and Congress may clash over U.S. trade policy toward Japan, a Senate hearing

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The Maritime Administration Wednesday reaffirmed its approval of International Shipholding Corp.'s $

MAR. 1, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

You can't navigate if you don't know where you are. In the same way, you can't track product if you

A joint electronic cargo release system for the ports of Seattle and Tacoma is being developed from

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING REPORTS RISE IN PROFITOverseas Shipholding Group Inc. said net income f

A headline on page 9A in the Feb. 27 editions of The Journal of Commerce contained an error in a bri

A bill that would ban across-the-board cancellations of insurance policies was approved Tuesday in a

A group of Indiana business leaders will travel to Southeast Asia this weekend for a two-week trade

SOME JETS TELL AGE ON PLATE IN DOORSo curious passenger, you want to know the age of the pla

The government of Israel is moving to privatize Israel Chemicals Ltd. through a direct sale of 50 pe

Supplies of key petroleum products moved in normal seasonal patterns in the week ended Feb. 24, as p