Small-business owners’ confidence slipped back from May to June. (WSJ)
China’s consumer inflation accelerated in June on rising food prices. (WSJ)
Ford Motor Co. sales in China plunged 26% in the first half of 2018. (WSJ)
Libya says it wll resume exporting oil from its eastern ports. (WSJ)
The search for a new head of the Federal Aviation Administration appears to be on hold. (WSJ)
The Turkish president’s move to tighten his grip on economic and monetary policy is raising fears of a currency crisis. (WSJ)
JetBlue Airways Corp. is buying 60 regional jets from Airbus SE, with options for more. (WSJ)
Pressure is growing for Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to build its long-delayed regional jet. (WSJ)
Bondholder Oaktree Capital Management is expected to bid in bankruptcy court for accessories chain Claire’s Stores Inc. (WSJ)
China is raising “anti-dumping tariff rates” for some optical fiber products from the United States. (Reuters)
The World Trade Organization says trade restrictions among the world’s 20 largest economies doubled from mid-October to mid-May. (Sourcing Journal)
Swedish manufacturer Scania AB has been unable to fill orders for more than 2,000 trucks with V8 engines because of a strike at an unnamed parts supplier. (Automotive Logistics)
Chinese electric-vehicle battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. is placing its first overseas factory in Germany. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Longshore workers reached a tentative agreement with the Port of New York and New Jersey on their local version of the coast-wide labor contract. (American Shipper)
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is expanding its research into autonomous ships. (Port Technology)
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s logistics affiliate will work with France’s Bolloré Logistics. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
Acquisition-focused U.K. logistics provider Xpediator bought Import Services Ltd. (The Loadstar)
CSX Corp. sold two regional railroads to HGS Railway Holdings Inc., a managed affiliate of OmniTrax Inc. (Railway Age)
The American Trucking Associations is suing Rhode Island over the state’s toll plan targeting trucks. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
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