Imports

* Energy trade deficit is 400 billion euros * Shale gas complicated in EU, could weaken Russian position * Single energy market should improve cross-border flows By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - European leaders will discuss plans to...

* Chinese banks cutting loans to gold, metals firms * Targeting Chinese firms involved in transit trades * Clampdown to have limited impact on gold imports By Fayen Wong and Polly Yam SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese commodities firms...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan...

* High Chinese domestic prices stimulate imports - trade * Several dealers doubt China will raise import duty * Authorities could step up efforts against smuggling By David Brough and Dominique Patton LONDON/BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - A slide in...

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 22 (Reuters) - Asian giants China and India may be planning to improve the quality of coal they are burning, but it's unlikely...

(Repeats with no changes in text) By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import costs. Exports rose 3.8 percent from the same month a year earlier to 5.78...

* Japan April exports forecast +5.9 pct, imports +6.7 pct * Trade balance seen in the red for a 10th straight month * Weak yen, global recovery to help exports albeit slowly * Data due on Wednesday at 8:50 a.m. (Tuesday at 2350 GMT By Tetsushi...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports are expected to have risen in April from a year earlier for a second straight month led by U.S.-bound shipments of cars and Asian demand for electronics parts in a sign a weak yen and global recovery are helping the...

Sofia Solomon didn't invent cheese, of course, but she is credited with helping to introduce many Chicagoans to the delights of artisan cheeses, notably those made by this region's cheesemakers. So successful has Solomon's quest been that it's hard to...

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Freeport LNG, one of the first natural gas importers to switch gears and target exports, has been given the green light by U.S. regulators to sell frozen gas to non-Free Trade nations, with Japanese utilities and BP Plc...

May 16 (Reuters) - Basis bids for soybeans shipped by barge to the U.S. Gulf Coast were lower in nearby loading positions early on Thursday on sluggish export demand and steady to firm new-crop months, traders said. * CIF corn basis bids were mostly...