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South Korea's foreign minister ruled out Friday additional negotiations with the United States over a free trade agreement, a day after presidents of the two countries vowed cooperation to push the stalled deal forward.
President Barack Obama says he is committed to resolving issues that have stalled a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea.
Stephen Jackson wanted out of Golden State so badly for so long. When the team finally called to tell him he'd been traded, he already knew.
The trade deficit might have widened in September, but try telling that to U.S. jewelry makers, loggers and machine manufacturers who have customers in other countries.
The trade deficit likely widened in September, after unexpectedly dipping in August as exports edged up and imports fell on a big drop in demand for foreign oil.
Trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama won't be put before Congress until it grapples first with President Barack Obama's pressing legislative goals, the U.S. commerce secretary said Friday.
Lt. Gov. John Cherry is heading to the Mideast to lure businesses with Michigan's abundant water.
The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process.
China criticized Washington for imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made steel pipes and launched a probe Friday of imported U.S. autos, adding to trade tensions two weeks before President Barack Obama visits Beijing.
South Korea on Friday ratified a free trade deal with India that promises to slash tariffs on goods and services between two of Asia's biggest economies.
E-Trade Financial Corp. withdrew its application to obtain money from the government's $700 billion financial bailout program launched last fall, according to a regulatory filing.
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said Wednesday that he has been assured Taiwan will soon ease restrictions on imports of U.S. beef.
Top U.S. trade officials visiting China for high level talks on nuts-and-bolts economic issues oversaw the signing Wednesday of a joint venture between major Chinese and U.S. construction companies — a deal meant to create jobs on both sides.
Online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. on Tuesday said its loss widened in the third quarter in large part because of a hefty charge it took to shore up its capital position.
Agriculture futures were mostly lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Cargo handler DP World says trade volumes appear to be stabilizing after suffering their worst slump in decades because of the economic downturn.
Obama administration officials said Wednesday they plan to raise a range of trade issues, from copyright piracy to China's restrictions on U.S. farm products, during two days of high-level talks next week in China.
There has been a sharp decline in timber illegally imported into China from Myanmar, but smugglers are still supplying Chinese companies that export the wood to Europe, America and throughout the world, an environmental watchdog agency said Wednesday.
The Philadelphia Eagles acquired linebacker Will Witherspoon from the St. Louis Rams on Tuesday for rookie wide receiver Brandon Gibson and a fifth-round pick in 2010.
Agriculture futures were mixed early Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Obama visits China as a supplicantIn 1972, when Richard Nixon visited Beijing, his country was embroiled in a war in Vietnam, but its principal adversary was the Soviet Union; China was an economic pipsqueak and a military irrelevance. The U.S.
Barack Obama's Exclusive Interview with the Chinese MediaBefore he departed China, Barack Obama gave an interview to the Southern Weekend newspaper, one of China's few outspoken and crusading titles.
Obama, Hu Avoid Discussions of U.S. Indebtedness to ChinaThe one issue aides say President Obama and China leader Hu Jintao didn't talk about was the communist nation's holding of $800 billion in U.S. treasury bonds.
Obama Says U.S.-China Trade Spurs Prosperity for Both President Barack Obama said a deeper relationship between the U.S. and China is critical to the economic prosperity of both countries and essential to confronting global issues such as climate change.
China Controls 95% of the World's Rare Earth Metals Supply - Materials Vital For iPods, Hybrid Cars, Windmills, and Next-Generation MissilesAs resource-hungry China scours the world for crude oil and natural gas supplies, it has managed to corner the global market for a group of obscure metals used to make iPods, wind farms and electric cars. The mainland supplies at least 95 percent of the world's rare earths - 17 …
China calls for responsible global monetary policiesChina on Monday made a fresh, thinly veiled criticism of the United States for running lax monetary and fiscal policies that risk undermining the dollar.
Rising China Changing How Americans LiveIn a cavernous warehouse amid rolling hills and dairy farms, a group of farmers recently gathered around a buyer in a conversation heralding a sea change in the United States.
Michigan farm expert opens Marijuana U. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. | Nearly a year after voters in this economically disadvantaged state overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative approving the consumption of medicinal marijuana, a new trade school has opened its doors to educate aspiring growers.
No substitutions: Officer doesn't trade pizza for speeding-ticket break A pizza deliverer has appeared in court on charges that he tried to bribe a police officer with a pepperoni pizza when he was ticketed for speeding in Sandy.
First of all, I have no interest in debating cap and trade and its impact on the economy and jobs.. my interest in this is to discuss ways of making it even more cost effective to industry that will be most affected by it. How about planting trees, to get points?
Recent studies show U.S. climate bill, Kyoto Protocol, and EU's cap-and-trade accounting suggests clearing all world's forests is good for climateAn accounting problem in the way some greenhouse gas emissions are calculated could critically hobble efforts to reduce them in coming years as nations move to combat global warming, scientists warn in a new report.
Ted-talk: Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset In the talk at the US State Department in the summer of 2009, Hans Rosling showed the overall global trends in health and income over the last 200 years, the development of the HIV/AIDS-epidemic and how China is catching up on the richest countries.
Beijing Is Violating North Korean Sanctions New business links fly in the face of a Security Council resolution.
China-Bound Ex-Ford Engineer Charged With Stealing An engineer copied thousands of electronic documents and stole trade secrets before quitting Ford Motor Co. for a new job in China, authorities said Thursday in announcing criminal charges.
The cost of doing business in China is very low. Labor is cheap and regulatory controls are practically non-existent. The CEOs of American companies love China.
Obama Dollar Retreats Most Against Commodities in "Wealth Shift"Obama's effort to lead the world economic recovery by spending the U.S. out of its recession is undermining the dollar, triggering record commodities rallies as investors scour the globe for hard assets.
Decline Is a Choice by Charles KrauthammerThe New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy.
Asia's Biggest Economies Promise Greater CooperationTheir economies enmeshed as never before, leaders from China, Japan and South Korea said over the weekend that they would explore the idea of a free-trade pact, inching toward deeper regional integration.
Experts Warn Tri-State Could Become Ghost TownCINCINNATI -- Experts warn the Tri-State could become a ghost town in 20 years, if it doesn't do something fast to fix what they call a serious problem with the transportation of freight.
Gold Prices Hit Record HighHONOLULU -- Unwanted gold melts into dollar signs as consumers cash in on the record high gold prices. Gold surged Tuesday with the market closing at $1,039 an ounce passing the previous mark set Spring 2008. But before a check is cut, the jeweler follows specific guidelines.
When The FTC Regulates Honesty in Social MediaA look at the issue of enforcement and cross-border trade issues on the FTC blogger regulations coming into effect.
The War On Trade Last month's tariffs on Chinese tires were explained away as just upholding U.S. law, not the first shot in a trade war.
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