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The article focuses on the upturn in the paper industry of Wisconsin. It states that in 1900s, the industry played a major part in newsprint and book paper requirements of the U.S., and started to produce other types of coarse paper when the nation opened its reciprocal trade agreement with Canada. It also mentions Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.'s (Nepco) efforts to address the issues of Canadian competition wherein it had made developments in earnings and sales.

Former economic adviser left White House over tariff dispute "I'm in the process of making some of the greatest trade deals ever to be made", Trump boasted, according to a transcript of the Aug. 14 interview with Woodward released by the Post. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that a U.S.-Japan commercial treaty to internationalize the Japanese yen is not expected to strengthen the yen in foreign exchange markets and to alter international trade, balance of payments, and balance of trade patterns between the two countries. Measures to make the yen an international currency include the creation of a free Euroyen market and deregulation of Japanese capital markets.

While tumbling commodity prices took the shine off big emerging markets Russia and Brazil, other emerging economies like India and Vietnam surprised on the upside. Russia is on track for its longest slump in two decades mostly because of lower oil prices. Brazil has been dogged by the commodities slump, political turmoil, a corruption scandal and a widening budget gap. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the publication crisis in Argentina in 1943 due to the shortage of paper sources in the country. It states that several publishers will be out of business if the problem will not be resolved immediately. It mentions that the country planned to ask the assistance of Canada and the U.S. to get minimum supplies. However, it notes that the increasing freight rates might affect the total newsprint imports of Argentina.

The article focuses on the export of wood chips to Japanese pulp and paper makers by U.S. forest products companies. It states that wood chip exports increased to a little more than 1.1 million units in 1968, since the first boatload of wood chips sent by U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. to Japan. It notes that the imported chips of Japan account for over 12% of its chip consumption in 1968 and may likely increase to 30% by 1975.

The article reports on the status of international trade relations among the U.S., Russia and Germany. Russian purchasing of U.S. products have declined by 55 percent, while Russian sales in the U.S. dropped by 34 percent. Germany has notified local manufacturers that it is unable to continue the country's 70 percent export guaranty scheme for the Russian order. Despite the internal financial problems of Germany, the Reichsbank decided to rediscount Soviet paper up to 36 million U.S. dollars.

The article reports on the move of American oil companies to invest for oil exploration in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Under the bargaining conditions, these companies would pay for leases on 350,000 acres in the oil-rich lake as well as in the Colombian border. It is noted that such leases intend to increase the revenue in oil production in Venezuela, improve the nation's oil reserves and eliminate import restrictions on oil in the U.S.

The author discusses a white paper published by China's State Council Information Office on June 2, 2019 clarifying the nation's position on trade negotiations with the United States. It states after the implementation of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump and his use of an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment by Chinese companies considered a national security threat, China increased tariffs and discussed ending rare earth exports to the U.S.

The article introduces the first of a series called "International Report," published within the issue.

The article discusses German trade relations with the U.S. in November 1934, with Berlin regulating foreign trade and shifting important orders such as cotton, mineral oils, copper and other essential raw materials, from the U.S. to other countries with which it has more favorable trade balance.

The article focuses on the implications of the Soviet Unions's increased orders of raw materials and manufactured goods in the U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- The global transition to a carbon-neutral economy will cause economic disruption reminiscent of the energy crisis of the 1970s, according to a paper by the Peterson Institute for International Economics. One reason for the scale of disruption is that governments procrastinated too long, making an abrupt transition necessary, Pisani-Ferry argues. "Reasonable optimism about the long-run effects of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy is no reason to overlook transition costs", he said in the study published on Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the plan of the U.S. government to revive the government-operated railroads in Mexico in 1944. Topics discussed include the impending collapse of the railway operator, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico due to deficiencies in equipment and operating techniques and an overview of the rehabilitation program for the Mexican railroads by the U.S. Technical Railroad Mission headed by Missouri Pacific R.R. executive Oliver M. Stevens.

The article presents information on a report that was concluded by the Mexican-American commission in July 1943 concerning economic cooperation between Mexico and the U.S. The report indicated the approval by the commission of plans to develop several Mexican industries including utilities, agriculture, and transportation. The commission suggested the expansion of industries that have an impact on war markets.

Central banks should pay more attention to climate change and income inequality, Patrick Honohan, a former governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, argued Tuesday in a new paper from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. His remarks contrast with a warning earlier on Tuesday from Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann that giving preference to green bonds when conducting asset purchases would overburden central banks and could eventually endanger their independence. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Donald Trump opposed a request by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to resume economic cooperation with North Korea at a summit on June 30, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. Trump showed reluctance and was reported as saying that in order to restart economic cooperation between the two sides, denuclearization of North Korea needs to be ensured a bit more, the paper said, citing unidentified people familiar with the talks. [Extracted from the article]

The Federal Reserve may need to cut interest rates soon to prop up inflation and counter downside economic risks from an escalating trade war, says St. Louis Fed chief James Bullard Australia's central bank is set to end an unprecedented pause in interest-rate cuts as it ratchets up efforts to revive inflation; meanwhile, productivity growth has slowed to a crawl An influential economist and former monetary policy maker endorses an average inflation target in a paper to be presented at the Fed's two-day research conference that starts today. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the efforts of Canada's new Conservative leaders to shift economy closer to Great Britain and away from the U.S. It says that the Tories, led by Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, are discussing a shift of 660 million dollars off the 4.1 billion dollar American sales in the nation and to the 706 million British sales to Canada. It states that the new government plans to legislate against excessive importation of U.S. money to keep Canada in command of its own growth.

The article offers world business new briefs as of March 13, 1937. The Washington Birthday speech of U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Christian Bullitt in Paris, France in which he expressed his country's sympathy for free nations stirred Europe, but was censored in Germany. A German paper editorial warns of the country's eventual opening of the way to Asia Minor and the creation of a southeastern economic block. The Leon Blum government in France is liberalizing its financial policies due to Radical Socialist pressure.

The article focuses on various agreements on international rules of access to supplies in an attempt to fight against global shortages of materials. The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assured that they will not make any actions related to oil crisis that can threaten imports and exports. Meanwhile, the U.S. plans to propose an international code for export policies under the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT).

The article reports on the international economic relation between Finland and the Soviet Union. Finnish President Urho Kekkonen announces that the Russians have agreed to buy more than 400 million dollars worth of Finnish machinery, textiles, and dairy products annually for an indefinite period. In additions, Russians offer to negotiate 10 or 12 unidentified projects that could produce additional millions of dollars in exports for Finland.

The article focuses on the significance of the U.S.-Mexican economic pact with the helpfulness of the solution to problems below the Rio Grande to guarantee the trade foreseen by Americans with Mexico. The U.S.-Mexican pact is likely to give some aid to Mexico's confidence in silver and paper. The economic mission of the U.S. to Mexico follows in the face of other groups of experts who made a survey on the Latin American horizon.

The article reports on the condition of foreign investment in Australia in 1972. It highlights the white paper delivered by Federal Treasurer Billy M. Snedden to Parliament which points out on the increase of the foreign ownership of domestic countries from 20% in 1948 to 35% in 1971. It states that the political opportunism in the nation has affected its economic nationalism. It also speculates the impact of repatriation rate and the problem of raising the local money.

The article discusses the possible changes in the post-war trade relations between Latin American countries and the U.S. in view of ongoing economic developments in Latin America. It mentions economic plans of various Latin American countries including the efforts of Mexico to operate oil wells on its own, a Six-Year Plan of Brazil to industrialize the country, and a flight service connecting the Panama Canal Zone with the U.S. It also discusses the changes in buying habits in Latin America.

(Bloomberg) -- France and Germany attempted to paper over disagreements on the urgency of fiscal stimulus to reboot the struggling euro-area economy, saying they have at least agreed on a "strategy for growth". There is growing impatience in Paris for Berlin to rethink its economic policy as growth in the euro area slumps and hopes for an improvement fade. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on bond markets with global rally having sent all of Germany's and mentions deterioration in trade relation between U.S. and China which has increased risk for European Central Bank (ECB) to turn curve negative. Topics discussed include insurers and pension funds forced to purchase negative-yielding debt, market pricing using options and decline in bond yields.

Threats to world economic health. Editorial. The primary task should have been to work toward solutions that take into account the US budget imbalance and the need for our allies to stimulate their own economic growth. The failure of the summitcarries `serious threats to future world economic health.'

The article offers information on the global economic conditions and activities. It provides several forecasts on business inventories, business sales, export rates and housing rates. It also reports on the retail sales, factory shipments, gains in stock levels, foreign trade deficit and homebuilding. A survey of economists administered by MMS International forecasted that inventories held by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers rose. Economists also estimated that exports rebounded because of the increase in aircraft exports.

The article focuses on the travel trade relation of the U.S. with Mexico and Canada. It says that Inter-American highway's branch was completed in Mexico City, Mexico. It states that Canada's intense travel promotion started after the war has begun, the time when local papers reported the fall of American tourism. Meanwhile, the Americas became eager in regaining income after the war forced out the European nations in their markets, in which one of their strategies was tourist travel promotion.

The article reports that the India Supply Council will buy about 100 million U.S. dollars of food, machinery and raw materials in the U.S. in 1948.

The article discusses the activation of the special drawing rights (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and how its success depends on acceptance by payments-surplus nations. According to the author, SDRs could very well affect the stability of the global financial structure. The author believes that countries with balance-of-payments deficits could make extensive use of SDRs to settle their international accounts.

Wind back the clock 20 years, and the U.S. economy looked a lot like it does today -- so does the title of a paper Powell will deliver at Jackson Hole Japanese inflation failed to deliver an expected uptick in July, underscoring the persistent weakness in consumer prices that has forced the Bank of Japan to take an increasingly longer-term view of its mission to achieve 2 percent inflation New Zealand's central bank hasn't ruled out cutting interest rates if needed to achieve its inflation target, Governor Adrian Orr said. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on cap-and-trade legislation, which would limit overall emissions and create a system for pollution credits, that is under consideration in the U.S. Senate. It discusses efforts of Senators John Kerry and Lindsey Graham to pass the measure which includes a tariff and fears of opposing legislators that a trade war would result if a tariff is imposed. Chinese officials are arguing that the tariff violates trade rules.

The article reports that a group of Polish officials headed by Marion Minkiewicz will visit the U.S. to secure 675 million dollars in credits from Commodity Credit Corp. to buy U.S. farm goods. It says that the mission emphasizes Poland's need for infusions of hard-currency credit and its hope that the West will hep it resolve its financial troubles. U.S. President Jimmy Carter has pressed U.S. allies to look positively on credit requests of Poland as a way of backing its liberalization.

The article reports on the concerns of the government of Canada on the adverse impact, on the trade relations between Canada and Great Britain post World War II, as the economy of Great Britain faces slump due to war expenditure thereby hampering a vital market for Canada.

The article reports on the growth of the timber industry in Mexico during World War II. It notes that high prices and the increase in demand have resulted in the boost of timber exports to the U.S. every year since the wage began. It states that there are vast conifer forests of great commercial value in Mexico, whose busy furniture and hand-carved wood industry is based on lumber even in peacetime.

The article offers news briefs related to trade of various countries. Quebec Province planned to make administrative and taxation changes to improve the credit of Montreal, Quebec. Germany took firm measures to find skilled workers who might be transferred to munitions plants from non-essentials industries, in which they considered it to be helpful in fighting against Great Britain. Japan undergone privations and hardships because of their desire for the New Order launched in East Asia.

The article reports that Italy, France and Germany have opened air routes over the South Atlantic. It states that despite the recession, the race to provide air coverage to areas in the South Atlantic due to ideal weather conditions may help boost the world economy. Germany's Graf Zeppelin is offering 10 round trip flights to Brazil, and Deutsche Lufthansa plans to set up regular air mail service in the area in 1933. France's Compagnie Aeropostale General offers service to Buenos Aires and Africa, and Italy plans to do the same.

The article focuses on the foreign trade agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union (SU), which involves 75 million U.S. dollars worth of materials mostly machine tools. Terms of the deal include a 20 percent cash payment by the Soviets and the balance in bills to be paid for an average of 19.5 months. In addition, the SU will invoice all the goods exported to Germany in Reichsmarks. The dual significance of the expanding Russo-German trade is also explored.

The article assesses the promises of the Second Five-Year Plan of Russia. Some significant items of the plan are presented which involve the doubling of investment, new electrification projects, and the world's largest copper-producing plant. Two interesting propositions are discussed including a visit by American bankers to Russia to investigate the possibilities of expanding trade, and a call for more attention to a two-way Russian business. Amtorg orders are examined in relation to questions regarding the non-admittance of Russian goods into the U.S.

The article discusses economic issues being settled by the League of Nations regarding the conflict between China and Japan on the control of Mukden, the capital of the Chinese region of Manchuria. Information on Japanese investments in Manchuria is presented, noting that the Japanese nationals who operate businesses in the region are continuously demanding for protection of their business. The interest of other countries like the U.S. and Soviet Union in the economic opportunities in Manchuria is also described.

The article offers world news briefs. The corporate earnings in the U.S. showed a significant increase during the second quarter of 1931. The Canadian government has decided to replace and save Western wheat production through pool elevators. The government in Netherlands shows disinterest to join the proposed international action to aid Germany.

The article discusses the business relations between Soviet Union and Germany in 1934.

The article reports on the results of the hearings in the U.S. Congress concerning the appropriations for the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) in mid-February 1949, in which the senators and congressmen voiced their opinions on ECA. According to ECA watchdog committee chairperson Pat McCarren, the U.S. has no obligations in Western Europe, both on reparations and Marshall aid. In the House of Representatives, congressman John Davis Lodge was preparing an amendment at ECA's oil-buying policy.

The article focuses on the plan of Great Britain to sell its Latin American holdings. It mentions an ongoing negotiation of a British economic mission to reach a financial agreement with the Brazilian government, the liquidation of British-owned Argentine railroads, and the sale of British railroads in Uruguay. It discusses the rate of return on Great Britain's investments in Latin America in various sectors including railroads, banking and shipping.

The article reports on proposed amendments to the Combines Investigation Act which is now before the Senate in Canada in 1946. The bill is the Canadian equivalent of the Sherman Antitrust Act. It says that if the amending bill becomes law, it will give more power to Fred A. McGregor, who has been breaking up and checking on combines in the capacity of commissioner under the act. The new scheme is based on a report written by McGregor who was charged with making recommendations in response to the international agreement proposed by the U.S.

The article focuses on the deal placed by Hispanoil, a state-controlled exploration company in Spain, with Compagnie Francaise des Petroles (CFP) of France. It states that 50% of the interest of CFP at Dubai Petroleum Co. will be transferred to Hispanoil. It mentions that the deal will allow a simple trade-off of Spain with CFP and also reflects the strengthening of the ties of Spain with Arab states. It adds that Hispanoil has been an active oil trader on behalf of the Spanish government.

(Bloomberg) -- A transatlantic alliance fractured by Donald Trump's unilateral trade policies appeared headed for repair as both President-elect Joe Biden and Europe signaled an urgency to rejoin a united front against China's ascendancy in the global economy. "The best China strategy, I think, is one which gets every one of our -- or at least what used to be our -- allies on the same page", Biden told New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. [Extracted from the article]