WASHINGTON—U.S. exports in 2013 set a new record for a fourth straight year. U.S. exports reached $2.3 trillion last year, up nearly $700 billion since 2009. The U.S. trade deficit improved $63.1 billion from the past year to $471.5 billion, the lowest since 2009.
WASHINGTON—More than 80,000 hourly and salaried U.S. auto workers have signed a petition raising serious concerns about the impact Japan’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership will have on American jobs and the economy.
WASHINGTON—The trade deficit unexpectedly widened in November as U.S. imports jumped almost four times more than exports, gains that signal a rebound in global growth.
MARYSVILLE, OH—Honda said that its U.S. factories have churned out their 1 millionth vehicle built for export. Honda predicts that in two years, it will export more cars built in North America than it imports from Japan.
WASHINGTON—Rising productivity and falling natural gas prices could help the United States boost exports of products such as locomotives and factory machinery and add as many as 5 million manufacturing jobs by the decade’s end, a new analysis found.
NuStep Inc. is not a big company. Based in Ann Arbor, MI, the exercise equipment manufacturer employs 80 people and tallied $24 million in sales in 2010.
NEWARK, NJ—U.S containerized exports in 2011 grew 6 percent over 2010 volumes, advancing to a new record annual total of 11.9 million 20-foot-equivalent units.
WASHINGTON—A U.S. industry and union coalition accused China of sweeping illegal subsidies to its auto-parts sector that threaten to destroy more than a million U.S. jobs.
Nissan and Daimler are teaming up to make Mercedes-Benz engines at Nissan’s powertrain assembly plant here. Mercedes-Benz engines have never been made in the North America Free Trade region before.