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Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, said this week that he is enc

China said it issued more than 4 million credit cards in 1993, double the number of 1992. Of

The National Market for Environmental Protection Technology in coastal Jiangsu has gone into operati

SHANGHAI PLANS JUMP IN EQUIPMENT EXPORTSSHANGHAI, China - City officials said they a

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture met with Brazilian officials Tuesday to exch

NESTLE BUYS 70 PERCENT STAKE IN BULGARIA CONFECTIONERZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss-bas

Jordan's imports rose by 10 percent to 2.45 billion dinars ($3.47 billion) last year and Iraq remain

The Clinton administration is toughening its stance toward South Korea in hopes of smashing what it

Uganda's food exports are set to grow again this year, providing a much- needed foreign exchange boo

A national center to promote discussion on Asian-U.S. trade is being established in Seattle.

Propelled by vast restructuring measures and lower labor costs, Western German productivity per hour

With the few possessions they have bundled under their arms, increasing numbers of illegal immigrant

Chinese officials hit back Wednesday at U.S. charges of dumping magnesium, saying the allegations de

A senior British official Wednesday criticized the European Union for its ''intolerable" quotas on C

A large Mexican pork processor has set up shop in the United States in a move that putsthe company c

The board of directors of Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. Tuesday named Frank G. Zarb as chairma

The American Bureau of Shipping has extended its SafeHull system for evaluating the design of vessel

Brazil's government will make a third and last attempt to privatize its Lloyd Brasileiro SA shipping

The U.S. Coast Guard believes that 14 U.S. Army vehicles that rolled off a barge tow into the Missis

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO. (USA) (New York) - Leif Lidholm, the former general manager for Italian L

The race to elect a chief for the new World Trade Organization intensified this week with the entry

SANTOS PORT RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER STRIKESAO PAULO, Brazil - Administrative workers

Russia on Wednesday signed a special agreement with 25 industrial nations to gain access to Western

The European Commission said Wednesday it is willing to give shipping conferences antitrust clearanc

The world's richest industrial countries agreed to work toward greater harmony in the application an

The removal of just 15 ships from the world's fleet of very-large crude carriers would be sufficient

Freight rates will increase faster than the U.S. economy for the next 12 months as rising costs halt

The European Union is seeking to renegotiate its 2-year-old deal with the United States on commercia

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Caribbean leaders said Monday the U.S. offer to grant their countries trade benefits for textile and

Tuesday June 7, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The European Commission will decide today whether to relaunch a controversial rescue plan for the st

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Trade and steel-industry analysts blasted the cartel-like behavior of Japanese companies, saying the

Officials from leading industrial countries Tuesday stepped up their horse- trading efforts in an ef

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday as its failure to break through key resistance levels led to some s

China has replaced the United States and Japan as the Pacific region's principal "engine" for econom

Mexico's National Foreign Trade Bank signed an agreement Monday that willallow it to partici

The United States and Japan agreed to include intellectual property andfinancial services in

Commercial banks will play a growing role in the emerging field of project financing, John R. Price,