The White House on Thursday put a brave face on a rebuke by the top Senate Democrat on trade policy, which will complicate its attempts to negotiate huge commerce pacts with Asia and Europe. President Barack Obama’s plans...
Read MoreUntil earlier this month, Japan had been under strong pressure from the U.S. to open its market as part of the highly contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. On Thursday, Japan appeared to be suddenly let...
Read More[NOTE: Honduran union leader Victor Crespo has been threatened for trying to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with ICTSI, the same terminal operator that took over operations at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6...
Read MoreFrom the Columbian: A keel-laying ceremony Friday afternoon at Vigor Industrial on Portland’s Swan Island marked the start of construction for the first of three new tugboats being built for Tidewater Barge Lines of...
Read MoreIn a temporary truce to prevent a labor shortage at the East Coast’s busiest port, the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the port’s main employers group have agreed to hire 225 new dockworkers out of the...
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