TechFlash: Foreign buyers, Amazon drive office sales; What NAFTA means to Wash.

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What NAFTA means to Washington: $134.5B in exports to Canada and Mexico (Photos) The U.S., Canada and Mexico in 1994 signed NAFTA removing virtually all trade barriers and tariffs between the three countries. Washington's exports to Mexico increased nearly 700 percent between 1996 and 2015. Foreign buyers, Amazon play major roles in top 10 Seattle-area office sales (Images) Of the four largest office sales so far this year, Amazon is a tenant in three of the buildings. Seattle Sounders head to MLS Cup thanks to a big goal from lower paid rookie MLS Rookie of the Year Jordan Morris earns $190,000 a year but has delivered huge playoff goals, the latest sending the Sounders to the MLS Cup championship. PhaseRx clears hurdle to market with FDA rare disease designation PhaseRx said it has won orphan drug status for its flagship PRX-OTC to treat a rare liver disease that affects children. Matson closes all data centers in favor of Amazon cloud platform The Hawaii-based shipping company ended its leases at data centers located in Texas and Virginia in favor of Amazon's cloud platform. National Tech News When other defense giants shed IT services, Northrop didn't. That could turn out to be pretty smart. Intel reaches a self-driving car partnership while NTSB taps the brakes on GM's 'Super Cruise' Arizona wins 2,000-worker, $700M plant to build electric cars Drone videos show progress of Apple's 'spaceship' campus Scores of cities weigh 'Netflix tax'

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