- Ohio leads nation in exports with 7.4 percent increase in sales
The Ohio Department of Development recently released the 2003 International Trade Division Annual Report. According to the report, Ohio exports totaled $29.8 billion in 2003 - a 7.4 percent increase over 2002. Nationally, exports increased by only 4.4 percent in 2003, "Ohio companies continue to pursue international business opportunities that ......
- Fremont food mfr has significant growth
The Fremont Company, a ketchup, barbecue sauce, and sauerkraut processor based in Fremont, Ohio, recently received the State of Ohio Excellence in Exporting Award, or E Award, from Ohio Governor Bob Taft for increasing sales through exports. The growth in exporting is concentrated primarily on the company's ketchup products. The ......
- New order at the border?
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the Bush administration could open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks, it appeared that the last barrier to cross-border trade was being torn down. Since that decision, U.S. and Canadian companies doing business with Mexico have been keen to see how ......
- What about Canada? Nafta's Northern member is
making major inroads into Mexico. (Cover).
Six months ago, you might not have heard of the downtown office complex known as Torre Mayor. Today, even as the steel and glass are going up on Avenida Reforma at breakneck speed, already looming above neighboring buildings, many are unaware that when it is finished at the end of ......
- North American Free Trade Agreement: a perspective
from Canada.
The recently signed NAFTA will create one of the world's largest trading blocs and major uncertainties among its three partners. In the North American scheme of things, Canada's population is one-tenth that of the U.S. and one-third that of Mexico. Naturally, the total labor force figures parallel these numbers, as ......
- Old Dominion Freight Line and Portable Data Terminals.
(Technology Solutions).
Old Dominion Freight Line is one of the largest and fastest-growing less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carriers. With 117 service centers, six major inter-regional hubs, and three regional hubs, it provides next- and second-day delivery of general commodities in the Southeast, South Central, West, Midwest and Northeast regions of the country, as ......
- NAFTA NEWS IN BRIEF
US supports labor complaint at US-owned factory in Mexico In an early August report, a US Labor Department agency supported complaints of violations of worker rights and safety abuses at the ITAPSA auto-parts plant in Mexico. The National Administrative Office (NAO) was created under the North American Free Trade Agreement ......