Unionized container truck drivers at Canada's largest port voted on Saturday to join a strike by their non-unionized colleagues, who walked off the job on Wednesday over a long-running dispute about pay and services.
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NAFTA Freight Flows Fall 6.3% in December but Rise 2.6% in 2013
Monthly freight flows between the U.S. and its NAFTA partners declined in December to $90.1 billion, according to statistics released Feb. 27 by the Department of Transportation. These statistics show that the value of total U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico by all modes of transportation:
- fell for the second straight month, by 6.3%, after a record high in October;
Protest fallout at Port Metro Vancouver
While unhappy truckers may have departed from Port Metro Vancouver, actions taken during this week's protest are still playing out.
Canada's economy expands at 2.9% pace, beating forecasts
Canada's economy expanded an an annualized pace of 2.9 per cent in the last three months of 2013, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
That was better than the downward-revised pace of 2.4 per cent seen in the U.S. over the same period. It was also better than the 2.5 per cent growth rate that analysts had been expecting.
WCO News Magazine - February 2014 Issue
World Customs Organization (WCO) has released its February 2014 issue of the WCO News magazine.
It covers information on:
- Single Window: data harmonization, technology
- Invisible threat to sea container inspection staff
- Role of communication in Customs
- Applying behavioural economics to Customs reform, etc.