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Vote: What does Boeing’s WTO victory mean?
The World Trade Organization was intended to be the fulfillment of the American-led, post-World War II liberal economic order, put in place to avoid some of the stresses that led to the rise of Hitler....
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Hanjin bankruptcy is the tip of the iceberg for flailing shippers
The supply of ships and their capacity is completely out of whack with demand, and the industry is no longer under the delusion that it can grow its way out of trouble.
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Mitsubishi regional jet hopscotching its way to Moses Lake
The first test model of the MRJ90 regional jet is headed from Japan to Moses Lake, where it’s expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon to begin a lengthy flight certification process employing hundreds.
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Tie-up of world’s biggest beer makers clears final hurdle
LONDON (AP) — A deal worth over $100 billion to combine the world’s two biggest beer companies cleared its last major hurdle Wednesday when the shareholders of SABMiller approved the takeover by...
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Sale of Seattle Cider, Two Beers to French farm co-op is a bit of a different...
Consolidation runs rampant in the world of craft cider and beer, but the founder of Washington’s largest cidery says it’s not the big guys that are crowding him so much as the booming number of small...
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WTO is a mess, but don’t toss out trade rules
The recent ruling — long delayed and evidently toothless — that Europe’s unfair subsidies helped Airbus to compete against Boeing reminds us that the global trade rules are far from perfect. But while...
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New delay possible for Mitsubishi jet being tested in Moses Lake
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, slated for testing at Moses Lake for the next year or more, may face new delays in production, a Japanese business newspaper reported Saturday.
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NAFTA comes under fire in campaign, but scrapping trade deal would come at...
The view among mainstream economists is that NAFTA has raised incomes in the U.S. while costing it thousands of manufacturing jobs. Whether you view the agreement as a plus or a minus, the reality is...
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Global finance leaders pledge closer cooperation
WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials on Friday promised to cooperate more closely and utilize all their policy tools to bolster an anemic global recovery that is now being threatened by an...
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US, Europe fray each other’s nerves with company crackdowns
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. is looking for multibillion dollar penalties from Germany’s biggest bank and its biggest carmaker. The European Union is demanding similarly large sums from America’s...
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Weyerhaeuser considers sale of last timberland outside N. America
Weyerhaeuser said it is exploring a sale of its 300,000 acres of timberland and manufacturing operations in Uruguay, where it has operated for nearly 20 years.
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China deal marks Boeing’s best month for 787s in three years
Boeing finalized an order for a dozen 787-9 Dreamliners from China Southern. The order, worth about $1.7 billion after standard discounts, brings total 787 orders above 1,200 for the first time.
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Marmite dispute gives Britons a taste of Brexit’s potential impact
The yeasty, salty spread has become the most visible sign yet of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union after consumer-goods giant Unilever sought to raise wholesale prices for its products by...
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Vancouver-like tax isn’t right way to slow our soaring house prices
Our neighbors to the north this summer imposed a 15 percent property-transfer tax on foreigners buying real-estate purchases in metropolitan Vancouver. An unscientific online poll suggests that would...
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Starbucks CEO Schultz sees China market surpassing U.S.
Starbucks is raising its sights in China and aims to have 5,000 stores by 2021 in a market that Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz says “will be larger than the U.S. over time.”
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Seattle firm gets $250M from Singapore’s Temasek for China hospital venture
Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management said the Singapore government’s Temasek investment fund will put $250 million into a 50-50 joint venture to develop and operate hospitals and senior living...
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Meru Greens helps bring Kenyan crops to lucrative markets
Meru Greens co-founder Rosemary Muthomi recently visited Seattle. If produce in international grocery stores came from small, East African farms instead of big corporate ones, she wonders, how might...
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Seattle judge fines Greek shipping companies $1.5 million for pollution,...
Authorities hailed the sentence Friday as a rare success in holding corporate defendants accountable for pollution on the high seas.
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Apple raises prices in Britain due to pound’s drop
LONDON (AP) — Apple has raised the prices of its Mac computer range in the U.K. amid the dramatic drop in the value of the pound against the dollar following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union....
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Vote: What happens with trade after November?
Will the angry mood toward trade agreements in the election season carry forward into policy? Please vote, stay for the links and haiku.
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