Business News Archive - April 12, 2009

The U.S. Trade Representative is aiming to avoid renegotiating a proposed U.S.-South Korean free trade deal, Seoul officials say. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the office of ruling party lawmaker Rep. Hong Jung-wook Sunday confirmed a U.S.

China will extend $25 billion in aid and credit to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, officials revealed Sunday. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, meeting with envoys from the 10 ASEAN countries in Beijing, said China will establish a $10 billion China-ASEAN investment

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WASHINGTON DC, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- How is the air cargo industry preparing itself to implement the U.S.

US officials are working with General Motors Corp on a surgical bankruptcy filing if GM is unable to reorganize before a June deadline, sources said.