The Federal Reserve is raising short-term interest rates for the third time this year. (WSJ)
Sales of new homes rose 3.5% in August. (WSJ)
The U.S. and Japan will start trade talks. (WSJ)
The Trump administration plans to relese a draft of a renegotiated North American trade agreement that doesn’t include Canada. (WSJ)
Argentina’s economy contracted 2.7% in July as the country’s financial crisis hit consumer demand. (WSJ)
China is cutting tariffs on imported goods ranging from textiles to electromechanical equipment. (WSJ)
Daimler AG tapped research-and-development chief Ola Källenius as the company’s next chief executive. (WSJ)
U.S. farmers say payments to offset tariff impacts won’t make up for lost sales. (WSJ)
Ten percent of British companies fear Brexit-related customs delays on imports could bankrupt their businesses. (WSJ)
A U.K. farmers group says a no-deal Brexit could halt British farming exports for six months. (The Guardian)
The European Commission says the U.K. owes Brussels more than $3.5 billion in unpaid customs duties. (BBC)
Foyle Port, straddling the British and Irish border, could benefit from a no-deal Brexit. (Irish Times)
Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa Fund is investing $6.7 million in modular home construction company Plant Prefab. (Bloomberg)
E-commerce-driven real estate development in China is up 52% year-over-year. (The Loadstar)
Mazda Motor Corp. opened a factory in eastern Russia for manufacturing car engines for export. (Automotive Logistics)
The European Commission says state subsidies in Asia are distorting competition for the European maritime industry. (Shipping Watch)
Maersk Line is changing its guidelines for stowing dangerous goods after a deadly fire earlier this year. (Seatrade Maritime)
California’s Port of Long Beach will spend $870 million to upgrade its on-dock rail operations. (American Shipper)
The GCT Deltaport terminal at Canada’s Port of Vancouver completed a $300 million project to expand its intermodal capacity. (Journal of Commerce)
Federal trucking regulators are proposing new rules for shutting down insolvent freight brokers. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
The Dallas-Fort Worth area has added 17 million square feet of warehouse space this year. (Dallas Morning News)
Mobile, Ala.,will provide $500,000 to support an MTC Logistics plan for a temperature-controlled warehouse project. (Press-Register)
Nippon Cargo Airlines is resuming some services after grounding its freighters in June. (Air Cargo News)
Japanese forwarder Nippon Express will start shipping goods on freight rail service between China and Europe. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Royal Mail PLC wants environmentalists to stop mailing used PepsiCo potato chip bags back to the company to protest the packaging. (Fortune)
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