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Reports on the claims made by the Helsinki, Finland-based paper maker, Stora Enso concerning the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar and its effects on local profitability for 2005. Business operations of Stora; International trade; Economic indicators; Implications of world trade for local production.

The article reports on the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on Canadian newsprint on local newspapers in the U.S. Topics discussed include the local publications in the U.S. that have closed or are facing financial challenges due to the increased cost of newsprint, the average annual cost of printing following the tariffs on newsprint and the ways in which the demise of local newspapers may affect Trump's relationship with the media.

The article reports on the decision of the United States International Trade Commission to overturn the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian newsprint on August 29, 2018 because American paper producers are not affected by newsprint imports.

The article discusses competition from below-cost Chinese imports threatening American industries, in particular U.S. paper mills. The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is expected in coming weeks to decide on imposing tariffs on high-gloss "coated" papers imported from China. The decision may be a test case for industry officials and their Congressional allies hoping for new duties as well on Chinese steel, furniture, textiles, and plastics.

The article reports that the U.S. administration has been called on by China for the reversal of a decision to impose steep duties on Chinese exports of coated paper. Wang Xinpie, a spokesman of China's commerce ministry, said that China strongly needs the U.S. to reconsider the decision and make prompt changes. In 2006, the U.S. trade deficit was recorded $233 billion with China.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of October 23, 2002. Dispute between Russian vodka exporter Soyuzplodimport and the Russian Agriculture Ministry over rights to vodka brands; Loss for Finnish paper company Stora Enso; Complaint by the European Union concerning South Korea's subsidized shipbuilding; Others.

Reports on the ruling made by the World Trade Organization that the American tariffs against imported steel violate international trade law. Retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union on a list of U.S. imports; Inclusion of oranges and apples in the list.

Reports that the White House released internal documents showing that President Bill Clinton approved the Chinese launching of an American satellite on February of 1997. How Clinton approved the launching after his top staff advised him that the economic and diplomatic advantages outweighed the opposition of Federal prosecutors; How Clinton overruled Justice Department objections; Why Republicans question the President's decision.

The article reports that thousands of tons of material left curbside for recycling in American cities and towns have gone to landfills after China banned in summer 2018 imports of various types of plastic and paper for recycling as part of its antipollution campaign. Topics covered include the difficulty of waste managers in finding a substitute for the Chinese market, and six ways to properly recycle to prevent the recyclable materials from being contaminated.

THE European Commission, angered over what it sees as unfair Chinese trade policies, this week imposed what it said were the ''first ever antisubsidy tariffs against imports from China.'' The commission said China was ''significantly subsidizing its coated fine-paper industry by giving cheap loans, allocating land below market value and granting various tax incentives,'' and announced duties of up to 12 percent on imports of high-quality paper used for magazines and brochures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 percent of cassava chips exported from Thailand, the world's largest cassava exporter, went to just one place and almost all for one purpose: to China to make biofuel. Driven by new demand, Thai exports of cassava chips have increased nearly fourfold since 2008, and the price of cassava has roughly doubled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses a U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research working paper by economists David E. Weinstein and Christian Broda which estimates how much international trade has benefited consumers simply by increasing variety. Consumers' willingness to pay an estimated $280 billion a year to have access to the variety of goods that were available in 2001, rather than what they could have bought in 1972; Suggestion that measurements of real price increases are overstated; Representation of huge, previously uncounted rise in the standard of living; Number of goods defined as goods from a certain country; Calculation of how much an increase in variety mattered to consumers.

Looks at the trade deficit effect on Seattle, Washington. Huge container ships which come in everyday, laden with goods; Outgoing ships half empty, packed with hay and scrap paper; Earnings of the Seattle area on trade; One of three jobs which are tied to trade; Recent reports which has fired up the trade deficit debate; Struggles over the globalization of trade; Caution on allowing the deficit to grow from billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Reports that executives of newsprint producer, Abitibi-Consolidated of Canada are fighting for their jobs in presentations to institutional investors across North America after an attempt by its largest minority shareholder to have them removed. Details of the attack by Pierre Karl Peladeau, chief executive of Quebecor Inc. on John Weaver, chief executive of Abitibi.

Offers brief news reports related to business as of November 30, 1995. Steven P. Jobs becoming a billionaire on paper, after the initial public offering of his company, Pixar Animation Studios; Toyata expected to build a truck plant in Indiana; The Chinese government's decision to rescind the duty-free import of production machinery, as a setback for investors; Other briefs.

The article discusses the Faber-Castell pencil manufacturing company as of December 4, 2013, highlighting the company's long history of manufacturing pencils in Germany. Topics addressed include Bavarian Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell's management of the company and its history of family ownership, Germany's trade surplus, and the prospects of the pencil industry.

Announces the end of Howard Dean's campaign for president leaving John Kerry and John Edwards in the running. Battle over free trade and jobs as the Democratic presidential contest became a two-man struggle; Arguments over Kerry's contributions from lobbyists; Issue of the economy both in the White House and among the candidates; Kerry's and Edward's stance on free trade.