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The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance said they will sign the agreement on March 11.
MIT scientists have developed robotic insects that could aid farming through artificial pollination.
Reuters reports that the union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract.
The union and employers face a Jan. 15 deadline to avoid a second strike.
Trudeau also announced parliament would be prorogued, or suspended, until March 24. That means an election is unlikely before May at the earliest, so Trudeau will remain in charge - at least initially - of dealing with the threat of crippling tariffs once U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
The shipping giant has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports before Jan. 15 to mitigate potential disruptions at the terminals on account of a strike.
Another coastwide strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports looms large if an agreement is not reached before Jan. 15.
The ruling, which can be appealed, could jeopardize the deal between the two major grocers.
Financial Times reports say President-elect Donald Trump has asked Robert Lightizer to return as U.S. trade representative.
McDonald’s said Sunday that beef patties in its Quarter Pounder burgers aren’t the source of the E. coli outbreak which has killed one and sickened about 75.