When Ressano Garcia opened, Aggreko was thought to have been the first private firm to supply power cross-border to utilities in southern Africa.

BBC: Glasgow-based Aggreko strikes new Africa deal

When countries open up to cross-border trade, and global supply chains, they need to know that they will see the benefits in jobs, fair tax revenues and economic growth.

WSJ: David Cameron: A British-American Tax and Trade Agenda

The Pakistanis told their American counterparts that at least 77 supply trucks would cross the border Wednesday and build up to normal distribution levels, according to U.S. officials.

WSJ: U.S. Apologizes to Pakistan, Says Supply Routes to Reopen

The antidumping statute prohibits consideration of the impact of prospective duties on downstream industries or on the economy as a whole, yet policymakers having been steamrolled by the pro-antidumping lobby have given scant consideration to the idea that this is plainly stupid policy, particularly in a globally integrated economy characterized by transnational supply chains and cross-border investment.

FORBES: President's Fealty To Antidumping Lobby Kills Jobs And Depresses Growth

The investigations have been complicated by elaborate supply chains involving multiple cross-border middlemen.

NPR: Horse Meat Found In Ikea's Swedish Meatballs

They say rising lawlessness on the Syria-Iraq frontier and cross-border cooperation with a Syrian group, the Nusra Front, has improved the militants' supply of weapons and foreign fighters.

NPR: Iraq Attacks Kill 36 Less Than A Week Before Vote