Trade News

In a highly unusual move, the editorial board of The New York Times has endorsed a secret trade treaty among the U.S. and Pacific rim nations that cannot be read by the public or by the NYT editors.

Tarifa - On the outskirts of Tarifa, close to the village of Bolonia on the Costa de la Luz, lies a fascinating Roman city dating back to the 2nd century BC called Baelo Claudia.

Tel Aviv - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, government ministers, and industry leaders during the initial days of his trade mission to Israel as he tries to build business ties between the Jewish state and Michigan.

Apple has lost a ruling by the International Trade Commission (ITC) in a patent dispute with its rival Samsung. The panel ruled that Apple infringed on a Samsung patent, which could mean some older models of the iPad and iPhone are banned in the US.

Berlin - Europe's largest economy showed signs of recovery as exports and imports were higher than expected. Germany exported 91.9 billion euros ($119.6 billion) worth of goods, up 1.4 per cent from December according to national statistics office Destatis.

For 20 years Canada’s wide, open door immigration policy toward China has buoyed the country's real estate prices, auto sales, and food sales.

Johannesburg - A court has ruled that South Africa's government unlawfully delayed giving the Dalai Lama a visa in time for his planned visit there in 2011.

According to Microsoft, a new tendency has arisen in cyber-crime: to install viruses into computers as they are being constructed on production lines.

A new study out of British Columbia, Canada suggests a small number of rural teens are trading sex for booze or drugs. But what is even more surprising is that most of those kids still live at home with family.

New research from the University of Notre Dame suggests that the global food trade network is vulnerable to the spread of food related illness caused by contamination.