Ports operated by the state set shipping records last year, according to Ports of Indiana, the quasi-government body that operates ports at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan, and at Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon on the Ohio River.
U.S. Steel and Steel Dynamics Inc., which have thousands of employees in Indiana, are among steel companies who say they have been unfairly harmed as imports of the products are sold more cheaply than domestic producers can make them.
Gov. Mike Pence will have met with every major Japanese employer in central Indiana by the time he returns Sept. 14 from his first overseas trade mission. Pence is trying to drum up new investment while thanking the companies that have had a presence here for decades.
Indiana logistics firms and their manufacturing clients could gain new export opportunities to China if the country follows through on plans to reduce taxes on imported goods.
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said President Barack Obama is missing opportunities to strike closer ties with Brazil, allowing China to steal market share from U.S. companies in Latin America’s biggest economy.
Daniels signed the business cooperation agreement Monday with the leader of Zhejiang Province, located on the east coast of China south of Shanghai. The document pledges to develop further business links between Indiana and Zhejiang.
I actually find it astonishing that there are still Americans who devote themselves to opposing free trade on the grounds that it hurts the economy. There is no more easily disproven fiction.
Regulations aimed at stopping invasive species are too stiff.
Zhejiang Province office will be Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s seventh international location.
For years, ethanol fuel derived from corn was almost politically untouchable, thanks to powerful advocates on Capitol Hill.
The ethanol industry has consequently exploded over the last decade, thanks to government subsidies and incentives. But skepticism
about ethanol is rising, prompted by fluctuating food prices and an organized campaign by anti-ethanol advocates to discredit
the industry.
Granting of foreign trade zone status should help the Indianapolis-based mobile device distributor be more competitive in
the global wireless market, company executive says.
The wider deficit in December reflects a rebounding economy that is pushing up demand for imports.
An improving U.S. economy pushed up demand for imports, but exports rose as well.
Just a short year ago, economists of all stripes voiced fears of a rise in economic protectionism like that which contributed
mightily to the Great Depression.
Indiana University on April 15-17 will present what might be the most ambitious conference all year on U.S.-China business cooperation.
The Indy Racing League suddenly finds itself at odds with Midwestern farmers over a decision to make a Brazilian consortium
its ethanol supplier starting next year.
