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January 31, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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January 31, 2023
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Mexico Agrees to Invest $1.5B in 'Smart' Border Technology
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Biden Wants US to Produce More Pandemic Supplies
The presumptive presidential candidate promises to shift production of key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil."
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Sea Wall Would Protect Big Oil
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Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, center, Mexico's consul general in Austin, waits to give testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Texas Capitol, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Officials from Mexico and Texas are urging the state's lawmakers to defend the North American Free Trade Agreement against President Donald Trump's administration, which has been wary of it.
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Officials Urge Texas to Defend NAFTA
Rolando Pablos, the Texas secretary of state, said Texas-Mexico trade accounts for nearly $200 billion annually and that there is a "shared destiny" through deep family and cultural connections.
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