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Leaders of the Group of Eight countries pledged Wednesday to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.

Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world’s largest providers of logistics services, has opened a new branch office in Chongqing, its 39th location in China.

EXL Service will take over the operations of European logistics provider Schneider Logistics in the Czech Republic.

Amid lingering economic woes and continuing poor visibility into future demand trends, iSuppli Corp. is reducing its forecasts for global semiconductor and electronic equipment revenue in 2009.

The global economy is starting to pull out recession but recovery will be sluggish and government policies need to remain supportive, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

Average nationwide diesel prices fell for the second consecutive week in early July after a two-month surge sent the fuel price to its highest level of the year.

The Department of Transportation sharply escalated its stimulus payouts in the week ending June 26, to a total of $442 million from $370 million a week earlier.

The mounting losses incurred by the global transportation industry have claimed another victim: Daewoo Logistics.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Wednesday that Russia has sent signals that it might still pursue a unilateral bid to join the World Trade Organization.

So-called “cap and trade” legislation passed in the House and pending in the Senate has “created a new threat to American manufacturing,” the president of the American Institute for International Stee

Russia and China want to look into the gradual development of a new reserve currency for the global financial system, top Kremlin economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich told the press Monday on the eve of th

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President Obama plans to nominate Christopher P.

President Obama nominated Daniel R. Elliott III, an associate general counsel at the United Transportation Union, to become the next chairman of the Surface Transportation Board.

Although trade financing is becoming easier for exporters to access, many major transactions are still frozen because of financing trouble, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organization for

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World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned Monday that more governments may try to impose protectionist trade measures in the months ahead if the global economic recession continues.

When President Bush sought support for the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement a few years ago, Harding Stowe, chairman of RL Stowe Mills, hosted the president at his plant in Belmont,

“Does anybody hear US? Does this administration hear from the folks who have all come together and said we need a robust highway bill now?” asked Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.

The Obama administration says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is generating thousands of construction projects nationwide, but critics and even some defenders say the program is paying out

Exporters and importers know all roads lead to or from a port, which is why West Coast port operators are clamoring for a share of the $450 billion highway bill.

China edged past the United States to become Brazil’s leading trading partner during the first half of the year, Brazil’s trade ministry said July 1.

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced tough new air emission standards that will affect ocean vessels.

Calberson, a division of French logistics group Geodis, will acquire Cool Jet, a provider of distribution services in France.

Many exporters are still struggling to get the loans they need to ship their goods, World Trade Organization director-general Pascal Lamy said in a new report, requiring a greater effort on the part o

Shipments of manufactured goods fell in May for the tenth consecutive month.

Source Holding Delaware, parent of Source Logistics, secured a follow-on investment to allow expansion in the growing Mexican and Latin American food market in the United States.

London - The UK government scrapped controversial plans to partially privatize Royal Mail, the state-owned postal company, citing "market conditions."

A federal court cleared the way Wednesday for the California Air Resources Board to require that ocean vessels use low-sulfur diesel fuel in their main and auxiliary engines within 24 miles of the coa

The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a change in rules that would require parties in marine terminal operator agreements to wait 45 days before the agreements take effect.

Worldwide RFID sales will increase 5 percent in 2009 to $5.56 billion despite the global economic downturn, according to a forecast by IDTechEx, an international market research and consulting fi

The Obama administration handed Congress its wish list for extending the current transportation program until March 31, 2011.

The surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico declined 33.1 percent in April compared to April 2008, according to th

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., believes another kind of fuel tax could be the cure for the Highway Trust Fund’s ills: a tax on crude oil contracts.

Cuba's trade deficit jumped 65 percent in 2008, propelled by the doubling in the value of its oil imports, higher costs for food imports, three devastating hurricanes, and weakness in its nickel expor

South Korea's trade surplus reached a record-high $7.4 billion in June, reflecting the continued weakness of the country's economy.

A key manufacturing index slowed its decline in June as some signs of growth in production emerged amid slower deliveries and contraction of orders, employment and inventories.

States will receive pro-rated payments for their highway programs as the Highway Trust Fund’s balance dips toward zero, the Department of Transportation announced.