Chinese and American officials plan to hold trade talks in Washington in early October. (WSJ)
The Federal Reserve reported modest growth across the U.S. in late July and August in its latest “beige book” report. (WSJ)
U.S. imports fell 0.1% in July on steep declines in imports of capital goods and industrial supplies. (WSJ)
German manufacturing orders fell more sharply than expected in July. (WSJ)
Canada’s imports climbed 1.2% in July in a rebound from June. (WSJ)
Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it churned toward the Carolinas. (WSJ)
The U.S. sanctioned dozens of Iranian tankers, companies and insurance firms involved in oil exporting controlled by Tehran’s elite Quds military force. (WSJ)
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is switching to domestic suppliers for semiconductor production in response to Japanese export curbs. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Trammel Crow Co. is developing a 3.7 million-square-foot distribution center outside Syracuse, N.Y., for an unnamed user. (Syracuse Post-Standard)
A forecast projects U.S. online grocery sales will grow 13% annually over the next five years. (DC Velocity)
Truck maker Navistar International Co.’s quarterly net profit slipped 8% to $156 million despite a 17% boost in revenue to $3 billion. (MarketWatch)
Alliance partners Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. suspended an Asia-Europe service for the time amid dimming demand. (Journal of Commerce)
U.K. authorities seized 1.4 tons of heroin that had been smuggled onto a Maersk Line ship that had arrived at the Port of Felixstowe. (Lloyd’s List)
Germany-based Rhenus Logistics bought U.K. road freight carrier PSL Group. (The Loadstar)
The U.S. Postal Service has told shippers their discount international rates may end when the U.S. leaves the Universal Postal Union on Sept. 24. (Supply Chain Dive)
Royal Mail PLC and U.K. packaging company DS Smith are cooperating on a plan to recycle coffee cups. (Post & Parcel)
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