Caterpillar sells Australian Bucyrus distributor

Novelis opening $100M plant in China

Novelis Inc. on Wednesday inked a deal with the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District to build the company’s first automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing facility in China

The new challenge for Taiwanese manufacturers: expert

Apple rivals silent on issues in their own supply chains

Although some technology companies, like Microsoft, share some information about their audits, none go into detail about the violations they find inside specific facilities

Foxconn bears the brunt of ivory tower assault on capitalism

How Apple, Foxconn, and others can address labor abuses in overseas factories

China March imports to ease on slowing economy

S. Korea to extend anti-dumping duties on kraft paper

Stronger inspections needed for global food, drug trade

A report from the influential U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends that oversight of this trade must improve

New Zealand to promote trade with China

The goal of doubling two-way trade from 10 billion to 20 billion NZ dollars by 2015 was agreed between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in 2010

US-EU mull talks on a wide-ranging trade deal

Ford invests $600 mln to boost China production