While St. Louis pursues its dream of an air cargo connection to China, at least one other city is ahead of us. The Dallas Morning News reports that Yangtze River Express will launch four-times-a-week cargo service this month between Dallas and Shanghai.

There’s plenty…

A year ago, high-ranking Chinese official Li Zhaoxing came to St. Louis to talk about plans for an air cargo connection between his nation and the Gateway City. Next month, according to St. Louis RCGA President Dick Fleming, another Chinese delegation will be…

An Investor’s Business Daily editorial puts an interesting spin on Caterpillar’s announcement of 20,000 job cuts:

No one has pleaded as earnestly for Congress to pass a Colombia free-trade pact as Caterpillar. Now, with earnings down and 20,000 American jobs to…

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s decision to sell most of its stake in China’s Tsingtao made sense for a couple of reasons. First, the big brewer needs to sell assets to pay down debt. Second, the Chinese government had prohibited A-B InBev from increasing its…

The RCGA has been talking for months about a priority project to make St. Louis a hub for cargo flights from China, and RCGA President Dick Fleming now says the group is doing a study to learn how much “backhaul” traffic…