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United Grain in Vancouver halts operations after staffers test positive for...
United Grain operates the largest grain elevator on the West Coast, with more than 200 grain silos occupying much of the east end of the Port of Vancouver, in southwest Washington.
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US signs order for first West Coast gas-export terminal
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette signed the order for the proposed Jordan Cove liquid natural gas terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. It's part of an administration push to promote U.S. oil and gas...
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US targets $1.3 billion in French imports in tech tax clash
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday announced plans to impose taxes on $1.3 billion in French imports — hitting handbags and makeup but sparing cheese and wine — in retaliation for...
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200,000 seafarers fear there’s no plan to get them off ships
More than 200,000 more seafarers remain trapped on ships around the world, from cargo vessels and oil tankers to luxury cruise liners. Companies are coming under increasing pressure to do more.
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U.S. imposes sanctions on 11 Chinese companies over human rights
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday barred 11 new Chinese companies from purchasing U.S. technology and products without a special license, saying the firms were complicit in human rights...
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Trade, technology and security at risk in US-China feud
BEIJING (AP) — They have the largest economies in the world. They spend more than anyone else on their militaries. From high-tech chips to control of the high seas, their interests are closely...
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Trump National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Has Coronavirus
O'Brien came down with COVID-19 after a family event and has been isolating at home while still running the National Security Council, doing most of his work by phone.
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US trade deficit drops in June on record rise in exports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that...
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Trump reimposes tariffs on Canadian aluminum, accuses country of flooding...
The move reignites trade tensions with a key partner months after the adoption of a new North American trade agreement.
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‘They’d just given up’— an inside look at seafarers trapped aboard ships amid...
Governments have been slow in reacting to the plight of workers trapped on ships months longer than agreed-to contracts, as have some ship owners unwilling to foot the considerable cost of repatriating...
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Virus surge makes US weak link in global economic recovery
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — People in China are back to buying German luxury cars. Europe’s assembly lines are accelerating. Now the global economy is waiting for the United States to get its coronavirus...
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U.S. tightens restrictions on Huawei yet again, underscoring the difficulty...
The Trump administration on Monday took more steps to try to block Huawei's access to semiconductors in another sign of the complexity of severing the Chinese technology company from global supply chains.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed justification for postal cuts
While the president claims that China is living up to terms that he imposed, in reality China is falling well short of its commitments under the deal.
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Sorry, the world’s biggest bike maker can’t help you buy a bike right now
Between COVID-19 increasing the demand and trade-war tariffs snarling the supply, production has been stretched thin at Taiwan-based Giant.
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Rio Tinto CEO to leave over destruction of Indigenous sites
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will leave the Anglo-Australian mining giant by March over the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites to access...
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Petalo, not Charmin: Virus brings Mexican toilet paper to US
Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico.
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US tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body
GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all...
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Mass testing is no magic bullet against coronavirus, Europe finds
(Bloomberg) — When the coronavirus swept across Europe this spring, overwhelming hospitals and killing thousands each day, only the sickest patients could be tested, leaving health officials in the...
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As virus surges, critics say UK hasn’t learned from mistakes
Britain bungled its response to the coronavirus the first time around. Now many scientists fear it’s about to do it again, as the virus is on the rise once more in the U.K.
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Stuck at sea: Nations urged to help virus-stranded mariners
Describing the mounting desperation of 300,000 seafarers who have been afloat for a year or more, Captain Hedi Marzougui pleaded their case with shipping executives and government officials on the...
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