
Egypt releases $600 million to meet import needs
Egypt's central bank conducted an exceptionally large foreign exchange auction on Sunday, selling $600 million to banks that urgently need money to ...

Amid investigation, coal exports at record levels
From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana's wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than ...
US declines to label China currency manipulator
The Obama administration on Friday declined to label China a currency manipulator, although it said that China's currency remains significantly ...

India and Germany see progress in trade deal
The leaders of Germany and India said Thursday that progress is being made on a new free trade agreement between India and the European Union but ...

Global trade to be weaker than expected
Global trade will be weaker than expected this year as European economies struggle with their debt crisis, and will recover only slightly in 2014, the ...

China recovery dogged by doubt as data questioned
China reported stronger trade in March in a possible positive sign for its recovery but analysts said the data might be inflated and give a distorted ...

Moniz backs natural gas 'revolution'
President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even ...
German exports 1.5 percent lower in February
German exports declined by 1.5 percent in February compared with the previous month, adding to mixed signals about Europe's biggest economy.

US Treasury chief urges EU to ease off austerity
European countries should ease off their austerity and adopt more growth-friendly policies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday as he kicked ...

PROMISES, PROMISES: Oil imports
The issue: Every president since Richard Nixon has pushed to cut U.S. dependence on imported oil, and President Barack Obama is no exception.
Chile port workers end strikes halting exports
Chilean port workers are returning to work after reaching a deal to end three weeks of strikes that blocked exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp.

Biden: US needs ambitious agenda on exports
Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. still needs an ambitious agenda to make American products competitive overseas. Biden tells an annual ...

US trade deficit narrows to $43B in February
The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in February as exports climbed close to an all-time high and the volume of imported crude oil fell to the ...
Chile port strikes block copper, fruit exports
A series of fast-spreading port strikes in Chile are blocking exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp and keeping thousands of workers idle.

US is halfway to Obama 5-year export-doubling goal
Suddenly, outsourcing is on the way out and insourcing on the way in as the U.S. trudges unevenly toward President Barack Obama's goal of doubling ...

Obama thanks Singapore PM for military cooperation
President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked Singapore for its military cooperation as the U.S. prepares to rotate ships through the prosperous ...

UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after ...
UN to vote Tuesday on treaty regulating arms trade
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on what would be the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms ...

Iranians rebel over price of beloved pistachio
This should be the time of year that nut shop owner Mohammad Ahmadi counts his profits, after the recent Persian new year holiday when Iranians scarf ...

Israel faces geopolitical tangle with natural gas
Recent discoveries of massive offshore natural gas deposits, set to begin flowing in the coming days, are turning into a mixed blessing for Israel.
Asian giants tiptoe toward free trade deal
China, Japan and South Korea are inching ahead with talks for a free trade zone that would rival the European Union and North America in economic heft
Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, ...
SKorea cuts growth forecast, plans stimulus
South Korea's government cut its forecast for growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy this year as exports stumble due to muted global demand and a ...

SKorea, China, Japan begin free trade talks
South Korea, China and Japan launched the first round of negotiations Tuesday for a free trade bloc that would be the world's third-largest after ...

Japan, EU agree to start free-trade negotiations
Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to start negotiations for a free-trade pact encompassing nations that account for nearly a third of the ...