United States lifts port restrictions for Chinese ships
The United States ended four day entry notices for Chinese vessels at a dozen sensitive ports. COSCO benefits with improved schedule certainty and access parity with other nations. The deal accompanies earlier COSCO wins including a Long Beach Navy site lease and a 138 million loan guarantee for Alabama shipbuilding.
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China
China Ocean Shipping Co
COSCO
U.S. Maritime Administration
Bruce Carlton
Long Beach
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Alabama
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California
Insurers Accused in $7 Billion WWII Holocaust Claims
Lawyers filed a $7 billion class action on behalf of about a dozen American plaintiffs alleging seven European insurers stole Holocaust victims assets. Plaintiffs say policies bought before the war, including life and disability, went unpaid as insurers handed funds to Nazis. Survivors and heirs, some in their 80s and 90s, seek justice and hope to expand to over 10,000 claimants.
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Amalia Kranz Burstin
Brooklyn
Buchenwald
Austria
Ger
France
Italy
Edward Fagan
Trade report singles out Japan EU and China for criticism
The Clinton administration’s 12th Foreign Trade Barriers report identifies Japan the European Union and China as the principal targets of U S trade objections among 46 countries and four groups. It notes ongoing challenges and vows to resist partners using open markets while closing theirs, with Japan 46 pages EU 26 and China 17 pages highlighting focus areas.
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Ju We
European Union
China
Clinton
U.S
Argentina
Zimbabwe
Charlene Barshefsky
Japan
The
Gingrich Urges Japan Open Markets to Foreigners
Newt Gingrich urged Japanese leaders to widen market access for foreigners during a Tokyo visit. He spoke to industry chiefs including Mitsubishi and Toyota as Japanese dockworkers protested U S pressure on dock practices. He noted U S security ties and said the United States will remain the only superpower.
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Gingrich
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Japan Federation of Economic Organizations
Tokyo
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Hashimoto
Okinawa
Washington
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