Business
Two years ago, boxes of imported Japanese porcelain filled to the rafters and cluttered the aisles of Universal Trading’s 24,000-square-foot warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.
June 22, 1987
President Reagan, setting a collision course with an increasingly protectionist Congress, Wednesday rejected proposed import quotas aimed at sheltering the import-battered shoe industry.
Aug. 29, 1985
World & Nation
Zenia Fernandez picked a box of brown sugar off the shelf, adjusting her glasses to scrutinize the English-language label.
May 27, 1990
L.A. Unleashed
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June 16, 2008
A government-wide task force on the safety of imported products recommended Monday that “smarter” precautions be taken to keep unsafe goods out of the U.S. marketplace.
Sept. 11, 2007
Nation Now
Dec. 15, 2009
Imported or grown domestically, a rose is a rose and smells as sweet.
Oct. 27, 1985
China blocks imports of citrus and fish from Taiwan in response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit but avoids disrupting important technology purchases.
Aug. 3, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills talks about using a crowbar to open Japanese markets.
Americans, who have been on a voracious binge of import buying since the early 1980s, cut back sharply in November, according to the Commerce Department trade report released Friday.
Jan. 16, 1988