Mayor Pam Iorio is visiting Canada this week, talking trade, transit and green initiatives with business and government leaders north of the border. ...more

June 2, 2009

Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida: (Melbourne) Florida Today, on how the devastation in Cuba caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike should lead to open ties with the island: ...more

September 10, 2008

If you live in Florida, visits from long-distance relatives are just part of the lifestyle. Yesterday, the city completed a combined 12-day family get-together of sorts, entertaining delegates from their Greek sister city Kalymnos and formally adopting another Greek sister city, Halki. ...more

January 12, 2008

President Bush signed a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement Friday, paving the way for stronger economic ties with the Andean nation and boosting the administration's efforts to shore up relations with Latin America. ...more

December 15, 2007

For more than a year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has persuaded congressional critics of China to put off punitive action while he conducted wide-ranging talks with Chinese leaders on economic disputes. ...more

December 7, 2007

A congressional advisory panel said Thursday that Chinese spying represents the greatest threat to U.S. technology and recommended counterintelligence efforts to stop China from stealing the nation's manufacturing expertise. ...more

November 16, 2007