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The City of North Port and the International Trade Hub at Port Manatee are teaming with Chile’s trade commissioner in efforts to expand commercial links.
“We look forward to realizing vast untapped potential for enhanced ties with both North Port and Port Manatee,” Sacha Garafulic, Chile’s Miami-based trade commissioner, said on March 28 as he took part in a symposium and luncheon at North Port’s Shannon Staub Library.
Vanessa Baugh, chairwoman of ...
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JAXPORT’s container volumes grew 25% during the month of February, compared to the same period last year. More than 100,346 twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs, the industry standard for measuring containers) moved through JAXPORT in February 2018 compared to 80,412 moved in February 2017.
The port’s ...
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Trade tensions are heightening between the US and many of its largest trade partners. While this extends to its almost traditional sparring with mainland China, it has also embroiled a number of nations normally seen as allies, including Canada, Mexico and the EU. Overall, the ...
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Containerized cargo volume moving through this city is expected to increase 2% annually for the next five years. The catalyst for growth: a nearly $700 million injection of capital from outside investors. That’s the message Port of Oakland officials delivered to trade and transportation leaders ...
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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has released its Section 301 tariff proposal for public comment, covering approximately 1,300 tariff lines. Written comments are due to USTR by Friday, May 11, 2018.
USCBC President John Frisbie released a statement after USTR's announcement, noting that, "China needs to substantially ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association welcomed the decision by the Trump administration to avoid taxing American consumers by excluding new tariffs on apparel, footwear, travel goods, and related products imported from China.
The association’s President and CEO Rick Helfenbein released the following statement:
“We are pleased ...
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The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that the acts, policies, and practices of the Government of China related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation covered in the investigation are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce. The Office of the U.S. Trade ...
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On March 22, South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported a fiscal year-to-date container volume record of over 1.4 million TEU handled since July.
SCPA moved 168,480 TEUs during the month of February, which drove a fiscal year-over-year container volume increase of 1.07%.
"Our container volumes are on ...
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Lionchase Holdings, Inc., has agreed to build a 200,000-square foot cold storage facility on TexAmericas Center (TAC) just west of Texarkana, Texas, one of the largest mixed use industrial parks in the United States with over 12,000 acres. The project is expected to bring a ...
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The United States is taking action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to address China’s unfair technology practices that run counter to WTO rules.
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) – at the direction of President Trump – has filed a request for consultations with China at ...
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