PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez.
Global Trade

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PHOTO: A cargo ship sits in a New Jersey port along New York Harbor on April 19, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Global Trade

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Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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U.S. IRS Commissioner says budget cuts would reduce ability to pursue tax cheats

Mary Skinner inspects the rear end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze at Jamestown Industries in Youngstown, Ohio on Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Global Trade

North American trade pact on 3rd anniversary: Optimism is rising for US and Mexican workers

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai participates in a US - EU Stakeholder Dialogue during the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Ministerial Meeting at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, U.S., December 5, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Global Trade

U.S. trade chief Tai defends pursuit of non-traditional trade deals

Congressional leadership including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, arrive to watch the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as is carried by a joint services military honor guard from Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
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Motorists enter the northbound 101 Freeway at Hollywood Boulevard, with the help of the onramp meter, in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Southwest warns nearly 7,000 workers of possible furloughs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha at the 3rd RCEP summit in Bangkok (Reuters)
Global Trade

ASEAN, China, other partners set world’s biggest trade pact

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