“We look forward to seeing the agreement ratified in all three countries, and getting back to business in North American trade,” said Craig W. Turner, president of World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara.
Goodbye tariffs. Hello, USMCA trade agreement?
The ratification of the trilateral trade agreement that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement could be in sight now that the Trump administration has lifted year-old steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Trade tariffs creating concerns for local business
“Companies are always looking to grow,” said Craig Turner, President of World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara. “If there’s this air of uncertainty out there, it’s hard to decide make investments, hard to decide to take on new people or take on new product lines.”
Editorial: Inland port proposal plays to Buffalo’s strengths
The effort to establish Buffalo as an inland port for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey isn’t the most glamorous project. There likely won’t be a fancy doughnut shop or coffee house at the site, nor will tourists visiting the Darwin Martin House or Canalside clamor to…
Plans to make Buffalo shipping destination in the works
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Plans are in the works to make Buffalo a shipping destination, relieving congestion from New York City and New Jersey’s Port Authority.
Shipping hub proposed near Buffalo waterfront
Take a moment and think about shipping, and about moving cargo. That’s what Craig Turner thinks about every day.
Buffalo as an extension of NYC’s Port Authority? That’s the idea.
Welcome to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey … and now Buffalo. Every week, massive container ships arrive at New York Harbor, after passing under the raised Bayonne Bridge between Staten Island and New Jersey. Workers quickly unload thousands of blocky containers at the port and put…
Borderline business: NAFTA negotiations put businesses on edge
The Niagara River cuts a clear line between Canada and Western New York, but for some business owners the line between the two is blurry. So when it’s time to pursue international expansion opportunities, many of those business owners instinctively look across the river.
An official World Trade Center building in Buffalo? Maybe
The new president of World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara plans to put the international trade organization’s brand name on a building. Craig Turner has received approval from WTCBN’s board of directors to begin conversations with real estate developers to establish a ‘World Trade Center’ building in which the membership-based organization would be…
World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara names new president
Craig Turner is set to lead World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara on a permanent basis for at least the next two years. The board of directors in charge of the international business development organization announced Tuesday that Turner, who has been interim president since December, signed a two-year contract to…
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