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Seven companies located throughout Virginia are recipients of grant money from The Port of Virginia® Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program. That program is designed to encourage investment, reinvestment and job creation among companies in Virginia that are port users.
In fiscal year 2017, the seven recipient companies combined to create 1,132 jobs with Winchester-based Rubbermaid Commercial Products having added 224 new positions. Port representatives today presented a check for $500,000 ...
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With the first round of negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) beginning in Washington, America’s sweetener users urged negotiators to expand, not further restrict, trade in sugar.
“On behalf of America’s food and beverage companies that use sugar in the products they ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomes the joint statement by Congressional and Administration leadership that drops the border adjustment tax from tax reform discussions.
“The border adjustment tax was a bad idea looking for a place to happen. Luckily it will not happen in ...
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The Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) came into effect on August 1, 2017. Products originating in Ukraine for importation into Canada and products originating in Canada for importation into Ukraine now receive preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the origin declaration.
Approximately 98% of Ukrainian ...
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Switzerland, Singapore, and the United States are the top three nations, respectively, in Global Competitiveness in Business Facilities' 13th Annual Rankings Report.
The US, which dominated the World Economic Forum's annual index for decades until it lost the crown during the Great Recession, is holding steady at no. 3. Netherlands skated past Germany ...
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Paragon Software Systems, Inc., announces the company can now help logistics operations gain added visibility of sub-contracted loads through its advanced routing and scheduling software. Following enhancements to the company’s Route Execution module, data can now be combined from as many as 35 different telematics ...
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Montana Specialty Mills, LLC broke ground on its new $20 million, 20-acre processing center on July 25 at the Great Falls Montana Development Authority’s AgriTech Park. The new facility, expected to be complete by the fall of 2018, will feature state-of-the-art grain processing equipment dedicated ...
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Horizon Global, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of branded towing and trailering equipment, today announced that it is nearing completion on a new 512,000-sq.-ft. distribution facility in Edgerton, Kansas, that is expected to create more than 120 new jobs.
“Our company conducted a freight management ...
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[ July 7, 2017 // Chris ]
The European Union and Japan have announced that they will sign an historic free trade agreement in what is an apparent rebuke to anti-globalization politicians such as Donald Trump and pro-Brexit factions in the UK . The deal, endorsed by Japan’s ...
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Agency Sector Management (ASM), the leading software provider to the UK forwarding industry, has launched a major upgrade of its Sequoia software, which now gives users a complete freight management system, from job and shipment management and documentation through to Customs declarations, job costing, and ...
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