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US IS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON GLOBAL SEA LAW TREATY SOME STILL DOUBT BENEFITS OF DEAL

WILLIAM DiBENEDETTO |
The Clinton administration is poised to reverse more than a decade of U.S. opposition and accept an
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CONTAINERIZED MARKET SHARE BY LANE ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE

Port Import / Export Reporting Service, N.Y.; Journal of |
Oct.-Dec. Oct.-Dec. LANE 1992 1993North Europe to East Coast
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TALE OF PIRATED "JURASSIC PARK' WORTHY OF A SPIELBERG PRODUCTION

Journal of Commerce Staff |
This story starts in Singapore, where the projectionist at the President theater owed some money to
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STALLED MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS PUTS INVESTMENTS ON HOLD

Tom Hundley |
The Culligan Men have more than a passing interest in the Middle East peace process. Take a
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TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
JAPAN'S HATA FAILS TO MEND COALITION RIFTTOKYO - Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, still
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HOLT, ILA MEET OVER JOBS AT NJ TERMINAL STEVEDORE EXPECTED TO OFFER UNION SAME TOUGH TERMS

Alan Abrams |
Philadelphia port leaders expected stevedore Thomas Holt to offer International Longshoremen's Assoc

US EXPECTED TO SLAP "PIRATE' LABEL ON ARGENTINA

John Maggs |
The Clinton administration on Friday is expected to brand Argentina as a pirate country for condonin

WESTERN FIRMS STEP UP INVESTMENT IN EAST EUROPE

Michele Kayal |
Western manufacturers continue to snatch up production facilities in the expanding economies of East

TEAMSTERS, TMI BACK AT TABLE, EXCHANGE OFFERS S&P PLACES 2 FIRMS ON CREDITWATCH

Stephanie Nall |
Negotiators representing trucking management and the striking Teamsters union exchanged new contract

MEDIATOR BRINGS EXPERIENCE TO TABLE

Rip Watson |
John Wells, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, will be drawing on his h

COST OF CREDIT

JOC Staff |
Wednesday, April 27, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

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

GERMANS NURTURE CZECH CONNECTIONS

Michele Kayal |
In the building where Nazi bureaucrats made their Czech headquarters more than 50 years ago, German

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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INVESTORS ARE WARY OF POLISH STOCKS EVEN AS GOVERNMENT SETS LIMITS

Michael S. Lelyveld |
Western investors are sitting on the sidelines as Poland's fledgling stock market alternately plunge

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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US DOLLAR MOVES LOWER DESPITE GERMAN RATE CUT

Alan Zimmerman |
The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday despite news that Germany lowered its securities repurchase rate

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL PRICE INDEX

JOC Staff |
(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +6.534/21 98.6 4/22 98.74/25 9

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LEADS

Supplied by the US Department of Agriculture |
Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric
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ARGENTINA AWAITS GATT DECISION ON US TOBACCO RESTRICTIONS

Paula L. Green |
Argentine tobacco growers are waiting for a world trading organization to rule on whether the United
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TRADING WITH IVORY COAST CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO REVIVE ECONOMY GETS UNDER WAY

Kenneth Wolf |
After cruising through the 1970s and early 1980s, the Ivory Coast's commodity- driven economy hit a
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S. AMERICAN TRADE TALKS LIKELY BY END OF JUNE

John Zarocostas |
Negotiations aimed at establishing a South American free-trade agreement are likely to start before
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US-NORDIC DISPUTES DOMINATE GATT DUMPING MEETING US ACCEPTS SALMON REPORT, BLOCKS OTHERS

John Zarocostas |
The United States Wednesday adopted a long-standing trade panel report that ruled that the U.S. impo
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LIFE AFTER MULTI-FIBRE DEAL CONCERNS CONFERENCE DELEGATES

Special to The Journal of Commerce |
The consequences of the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement governing the trade of textiles a
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TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
US VOWS TO OPPOSE LIFTING IRAQI EMBARGOSix Arab Gulf states received assurances from Secreta
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CONSUMER PRICES RISE IN SWITZERLAND

Knight-Ridder Financial |
Switzerland's consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in April from March and rose 1 percent year on year,

OECD TRADE EXPERTS DEBATE USE OF VOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINTS

Tara Patel |
Countries and industries may continue to use voluntary export restraints as a means of limiting impo
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PRIME MINISTER SAYS GREECE WILL LEAD BALKAN REGION

Alan Abrams |
Greece will become the economic center of a thriving regional marketplace in the Balkans and Eastern
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S. AFRICA WOULD PUSH TRADE UNDER ANC RULE, OFFICIAL SAYS IMPORT TARIFFS COME UNDER FIRE

ROSALIND McLYMONT |
A senior U.S.-based representative of the African National Congress confirmed here this week that th
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TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
CLINTON TO MEET INDIA'S LEADER IN MAYPresident Clinton will meet Indian Prime Minister P.V.
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JAPANESE VEHICLE EXPORTS PLUMMET

Reuters |
Japan's automobile exports fell steeply in the year to March 31 and will continue dropping as makers
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
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WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
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WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
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PORT, PARK BOARDS SPAR OVER NEW ORLEANS WHARF

Journal of Commerce Staff |
A New Orleans district judge heard testimony this week in a dispute between the Port of New Orleans
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CLINTON REJECTS RECOMMENDATION FOR CURBS ON CHINA HONEY IMPORTS

Journal of Commerce Staff |
President Clinton has ruled out curbs on imports of honey from China, arguing that the curbs would h
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