TRADE
World Trade Center Attack survivor to speak at UND for first Delta Gamma Ethics Lecture March 25
Michael Hingson, a blind man who survived the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, will be the featured speaker Monday, March 25, at the first Lectureship in Values and Ethics Series, an ...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 3:51 PM
Our collective scar to bear...
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. 11 years have come and gone;yet, the images, horror, anger, disgust, and disbelief roll right back into my...
Posted on 9/11/12 at 5:01 AM
Ambassador Fujisaki
Just about the time you think you'vebeen throughit all, along comes a surprise. Today one of the world' very top diplomats sang a chorus of The Red River Valley on News @5. To say I was surprised, wo...
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:33 PM
Keeping tabs on trade barriers
Foreign trade barriers are a huge problem for U.S. agricultural producers. Too many countries try, in one form or another, to keep out U.S. ag products. Keeping track of all the roadblocks is no easy...
Posted on 4/18/12 at 3:38 PM
How is my premium spent?
We know health care insurance isn't cheap - but do you know how your premium dollars are spent? Suprised? Not? What do you think? We're still listening....
Posted on 2/13/12 at 11:19 AM
OUR OPINION: Slam the gate on ‘crossing the border’ fee 
By Tom Dennis , May 02, 2013
Wild acquire rugged Rupp from Rangers 
The New York Rangers traded rugged forward Mike Rupp to the Minnesota Wild on Monday for forwards Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri.
By Ira Podell , February 04, 2013
Dayton plans trade mission to Germany, Scandinavia 
Gov. Mark Dayton is planning a trade mission to Germany, Sweden and Norway in June.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2013
Tom Osowski, Minto, ND letters: Still waiting for free trade’s promised benefits 
The hype for the latest trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has begun, and with no surprises: It’s basically the same propaganda we’ve been getting since NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
January 26, 2013
Arthur Stamoulis, Washington letters: Fair trade, not free trade, deserves support 
Letter by Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of the Citizens Trade Campaign, responding to a column by Patrick Rosenstiel on trade.
By Arthur Stamoulis , January 21, 2013
PATRICK ROSENSTIEL: Free-trade block needs Heitkamp’s support 
Column by Patrick Rosenstiel, trade executive, on why North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp should support the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade group.
By Patrick Rosenstiel , January 13, 2013
Kazakhstan farmers, ranchers touring North Dakota 
By Associated Press , November 16, 2012
ND trade delegation heading to Colombia next week 
Representatives of six North Dakota companies are going on a trade mission to the South American nation of Colombia next week.
By Associated Press , October 04, 2012
Widening of Panama Canal will remake world trade patterns 
The Panama Canal will soon have a third lane that can accommodate mega-ships nearly three times larger than any vessel that has ever transited the isthmus over the past century.
By Tim Johnson , August 06, 2012
Minnesota Gov. Dayton leads trade mission to China 
The first-term governor is leading a 50-member delegation on a trip that includes stops in Beijing and Shanghai. The itinerary also includes a meeting with a vice premier of the People's Republic of China and a private meeting between Dayton and U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke.
By Associated Press , June 08, 2012
N.D. officials organizing trade mission to Colombia 
Two government marketing experts are in Fargo this week meeting with company officials who want to take part in a trade mission to Colombia. The trip is being scheduled after Congress approved a free-trade agreement with the South American country. The deal will eliminate most tariffs on U.S. exports to Columbia.
By Associated Press , April 12, 2012
Group promotes N.D. products on China trade mission 
Government and business leaders from North Dakota say a recent trade mission to China was mostly a promotional trip but it could pay off down the road. The 10-day trip in March led by Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring included representatives from the pea, lentil, soybean, flax and flour industries, as well as from commercial companies and investment groups.
By Associated Press , April 09, 2012
S.D. governor says China trade mission productive 
Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Wednesday he believes this week's trade mission to China will give South Dakota businesses a chance to export more products to the world's most populous nation.
By Chet Brokaw , March 28, 2012
Farmers among Minnesotans welcoming free-trade pact with South Korea 
Minnesota exporters are welcoming this week's long-awaited free trade agreement with South Korea, which will lower tariffs on Minnesota-made medical, machine, meat and grain products.
By Dee DePass , March 14, 2012
N.D. exports increase by nearly $900 million 
North Dakota exports increased by about $900 million in 2011 led by strong global sales of agricultural and construction machinery and a record volume of crude that was shipped to Canada before returning to the U.S. by pipeline, federal Commerce Department statistics show.
By James MacPherson , March 02, 2012
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