Pep Boys pays $5 million to settle with EPA for illegal import of motor vehicles and generators By Peter Quinter, guest columnist Now that summer is here, air conditioners and generators are on our minds. It is likely the AC unit or generator that was installed in...
Rejected: Ex-Im Bank
Bank’s denial of loan guarantees sinks export deal, draws fire Just last week we noted the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s role in boosting U.S. exports, which have been growing fast enough to achieve the Obama administration’s goal of doubling overseas sales in five years....
U.S. Exports Up 16.9% January-April 2010
Pace of growth would double exports in five years The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) is trumpeting government statistics that indicate U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 16.9% in the first four months of 2010. At this pace, the U.S. is on...
The Datamyne Top 5 U.S. Export Markets
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The Americas Competitiveness Forum IV
Trade policy-setting and business networking are on the agenda in Atlanta The registration website for the fourth annual gathering of representatives of the Western Hemisphere’s market-based economies is up and running. The Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) meets...
No sail, no sale
Booking blues, box shortages and soaring rates plague shippers By Bill Armbruster Remember the good old days – like this time last year -- when container carriers were putting up “For Sale” signs all over the place? Well, these days shippers are more likely to see...
First quarter sees global trade value up 25%
WTO figures show decline in January-February, sharp rise in March The value of world merchandise trade was around 25% higher in the first three months of 2010 than in the same period of 2009, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) figures released June 2. Global...
Shaken, Not Broken
Chilean vintners return to growth Chilean wine exports are expected to rise 8% in 2010, René Merino, president of Wines of Chile, a trade promotion group, told El Mercurio de Santiago. Good news for an industry that took a big hit from February’s earthquake. Concha y...
The Datamyne Top 5 Chilean Wine Exporters
Oyster Po’boys Are off the Menu
Prices rise as buyers stockpile Gulf seafood Expecting shortages as the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill continued to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, seafood purveyors rushed to stockpile and helped drive up the prices of shrimp and oysters. Now, as the Independent of...