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FedEx expects global trade to decline for the first time since 2009

Michael Sheetz | CNBC | 09/18/2019

KEY POINTS FedEx now expects that “global trade volumes will contract this year on an annual basis for the first time since 2009,” the company’s head of marketing and communications…

Zimbabwe Buys South African Corn as Nation Faces Food Shortage

Antony Sguazzin and Agnieszka de Sousa | Bloomberg | 09/18/2019

Zimbabwe agreed to buy 150,000 tons...

U.S. lawmakers urge Trump administration to restore India’s trade privileges

Neha Dasgupta | Reuters | 09/18/2019

Forty-four members of the U.S. Congress ha...

China’s Trade Talk Deputies Heading for the U.S. This Week

Mark Niquette, Ben Brody, and Miao Han | Bloomberg | 09/17/2019

Chinese working-level trade officials...

Singapore non-oil domestic exports fall for 6th month

Kevin Lim | Nikkei Asian Review | 09/17/2019

  Non-oil domestic exports fell 8.9% in August from a year ago,...

Size matters. Big U.S. farms get even bigger amid China trade war

Mark Weinraub | Reuters | 09/17/2019

HAZELTON, N.D. (Reuters) – As the 2018 harvest approa...

Trump says US has reached ‘initial’ trade deal with Japan

The Hill | 09/17/2019

© Getty Images President Trump on Monday notified Congress that he had...

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