U.S. importers and exporters are hoping a truce in the trans-Pacific trade war leads to a long-term agreement. The new handshake agreement between the U.S. and China shelves this month’s planned increase in tariffs on goods imported from China while increasing Beijing’s purchases of U.S. agricultural products. The WSJ’s William Mauldin, Chao Deng and Vivian Salama report the countries left many details to be worked out on tough issues, including the fate of U.S. tariffs on nearly $360 billion worth of Chinese imports already in place. For China, the WSJ writes, the truce allows Beijing to kick down the road concessions that it doesn’t want to make. International businesses had hoped the U.S. and China would eliminate additional tariffs scheduled to go into place in December and even roll back existing tariffs that have undercut corporate planning and sent Pacific shipping volumes on a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows.

King Coal is being dethroned. At least seven large U.S. coal companies have filed for bankruptcy in the past year, the WSJ’s Jonathan Randles writes, as changing consumption patterns remake the landscape for American energy production. Competition from cheap natural gas and renewable energy is leading U.S. utilities to retire more coal-fired power plants, triggering a reckoning in the mining industry. Mines dotting the Appalachian region and Powder River Basin have been flipped in bankruptcy to new owners or unloaded to lenders. Some mines wound up back in chapter 11 after being purchased in earlier bankruptcies at a discount. That’s reshaping the domestic shipping map. Coal carloads, which make up nearly a third of U.S. rail volume, are down nearly 23% so far this year from 2015 volumes, the Association of American Railroads says, and fell 9.7% in this year’s third quarter from a year ago.

A restructured Sears hasn’t solved its supply-chain problems. A year after an attempted transformation under bankruptcy, the retailer’s fresh start is turning sour, the WSJ’s Suzanne Kapner reports, with customers in short supply and shelves at its remaining stores bare of crucial products. Roughly a quarter of the 425 Sears and Kmart stores that financier Edward Lampert bought out of bankruptcy have closed or are closing. The successor company Mr. Lampert created, Transform Holdco LLC, is on stronger financial footing without the roughly $4 billion in debt and pension obligations that is owed by the leftover Sears Holdings estate. But Sears is still struggling to win back suppliers who curtailed shipments during the bankruptcy proceedings, hampering attempts to jumpstart sales. One store in Illinois had snowblowers left over from the winter on the showroom floor over the summer, but had no lawn mowers on hand.

China’s exports fell 3.2% in September, including a nearly 22% drop in shipments to the U.S. (WSJ)

Canada's economy added a net 53,700 jobs in September and the jobless rate fell to 5.5%. (WSJ)

The United Auto Workers is increasing its weekly payout to striking General Motors Co. factory. (WSJ)

Shareholders backed the $135 billion combination of United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co., creating one of the world’s largest aerospace companies. (WSJ)

Boeing Co.'s board stripped Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg of his role as chairman. (WSJ)

Uber Technologies Inc. will buy a majority stake in grocery-delivery company Cornershop. (WSJ) 

Greg Foran is leaving his position as executive in charge of Walmart Inc.’s U.S. stores to become chief executive officer of Air New Zealand Ltd. (WSJ)

Personal-computer shipments rose world-wide in the third quarter. (WSJ)

Third-quarter sales at industrial parts distributor Fastenal Inc. rose 7.8% to $1.38 billion. (WSJ)

British technology company Dyson Ltd. canceled plans to build electric cars. (WSJ)

Asia-Pacific trade ministers failed to make progress on forming a new trading bloc. (Nikkei Asian Review)

Spot charter contracts for very large crude carriers have jumped to over $300,000 per day. (Lloyd’s List)

Customs authorities seized 14,806 pairs of fake Nike Inc. sneakers in a seaborne shipment from China to Southern California. (CNN)

Shipping tonnage moving through the Panama Canal rose 6.2% in the past fiscal year to a new record. (Seatrade Maritime)

Greek authorities rejected Cosco Shipping’s plans to build a fourth container terminal at the Port of Piraeus. (Shipping Watch)

On-demand warehousing startup Warehowz and less-than-truckload carrier Estes Express Lines Inc. will offer joint services. (DC Velocity)

Amazon.com Inc. plans to open a one million-square-foot fulfillment center southwest of Joliet, Ill. (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Digital-focused freight forwarder Flexport acquired container tracking provider Crux Systems. (The Loadstar)

British Airways parent International Airlines Group says it is committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Air Cargo News)

Paul Page is editor of WSJ Logistics Report. Write to him at paul.page@wsj.com.

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