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Major Economies Square Off Over Global Trade Deal
Geneva :: WA :: USA | about 22 hours ago
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The United States sparred with the world's large emerging economies on Tuesday over the fate of a long-delayed deal to open global trade that critics say has become largely irrelevant in light of the financial crisis. After Brazil's foreign minister,...
Tags: developing countries, WTO Ministerial, global trade, Politics › Japan, Geneva, International trade, World Trade Organization, Diplomatic conferences, Business Finance, Ministerial Conference, Doha Development Round, Environment, Trade, Trade Facilitation and Development, Doha, Market access, Kyoto Protocol, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, European Union, Free trade, World government, Chronology of the World Trade Organization
RP-Thailand rice tariff talks to be completed
Bangkok :: Thailand | 1 day ago
Credibility A draft agreement in the works is expected to address the remaining concerns Thailand has raised on technicalities such as requirements for rice shipping and bid guarantees, Assistant Secretary Ramon Vicente T...As such, the Philippines may continue protecting...
Tags: Philippines, Thailand, rice tariffs, Mr. Kabigting, Bangkok, Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement, Rice, International trade, Politics, Free trade, Business Finance, ASEAN Free Trade Area, World Trade Organization, Tariff
Senators urge renegotiation of U.S. trade deals
Seoul :: South Korea | 1 day ago
Credibility A group of U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs. "We...
Tags: U.S, South Korea, Seoul, Politics, Free trade, Economic ideologies, International trade, Trade, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Presidency of Bill Clinton, World Trade Organization, Byron Dorgan, Mexico, Canada, Dominican Republic ￢ﾀﾓ Central America Free Trade Agreement, World government, Economic history of the United States, North American Free Trade Agreement, Economy of North America
Trade liberalisation good for growth: US trade chief
Doha :: Qatar | 1 day ago
Credibility It's an important opportunity for us to reaffirm the valuable role that liberalising trade around the globe has in sustaining and promoting growth," he told Reuters. Many Americans, including unions and other supporters of US president Barack Obama's...
Tags: Kirk, Doha, Qatar, Diplomatic conferences, International trade, Trade, Politics, Free trade, Ministerial Conference, Doha Development Round, World Trade Organization
Minister calls for free trade pact for food
Rome :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility THE threat of climate change to agriculture makes the free trade of food crucial to tackle world hunger, the federal Agriculture Minister, Tony Burke, says. Speaking a week after returning from a United Nations food summit in Rome, Mr Burke said productivity...
Tags: Mr Burke, climate change, food security, free trade, Rome, Environment, Agriculture, Food politics, Security, Urban agriculture, Peak oil, world food price crisis, Humanitarian aid
Business Briefing | Trade: Peru Signs Free Trade Deal With European Countries
Lima :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Peru Signs Free Trade Deal With European Countries Published: November 27, 2009 Peru formally concluded a joint free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, the trade and tourism minister, Martin Perez, said Friday.
Tags: free trade, Mr. Perez, Peru, Lima, Canada-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement, Free trade agreement, Business Finance, Republics, China￢ﾀﾓPeru Free Trade Agreement, Andean Community of Nations
Caribbean held back by high transportation costs
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 4 days ago
Credibility United States, November 27, 2009 - A new report that explores the reasons for weak growth in Latin American and the Caribbean have blamed high transportation costs for undermining trade and having harmful impacts on the productivity of the entire economy.
Tags: United States, transport costs, Caribbean, Juan Blyde, Argentina, Buenos Aires, International trade, Free trade, Trade Facilitation and Development, Manufacturing, Economic growth, Development, Productivity, Industry
Lebanon�s WTO entry will have little impact on agriculture
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility The ministry added that Lebanon maintains high tariffs, known as “peak tariffs,” on approximately 49 vegetable products that are subject to an average ad valorem rate of 48 percent, and imposes an average tariff rate of 59 percent on 38 fruit products. ...
Tags: Lebanon, trade agreement, reduced tariffs, peak tariffs, Beirut, International trade, Free trade, Business Finance, Customs duties, ASEAN Free Trade Area, Agriculture in Lebanon, Tariff, Tariffs in American history, Foreign relations of Japan
A Paradigm Shift in Singapore: Yet Apec Offers No Clear Answers
Singapore :: Singapore | 5 days ago
Credibility Like scores of journalists, I attentively listened as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivering his closing remarks, and for the last time answering journalists’ questions. It was the conclusion of 17th Apec Economies Leaders’ Meeting in Singapore,...
Tags: Singapore, South China, Southeast Asia, Mr. Lee, prime minister, free trade, Diplomatic conferences, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC Peru, APEC Australia, Lee Hsien Loong
Dominican Free Zone sector scurries to heed Trade pact
Santo Domingo :: Dominican Republic | 6 days ago
Credibility President Leonel Fernandez met Wednesday with Dominican Free Zones Association (Adozona) executives, just a few days before he submits the amendment of Free Zones Law 8-90 to Congress, as the Free Trade Agreement (Dr-Cafta) stipulates. Although it’s assumed...
Tags: Dominican Free Zones Association, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Economy of the Dominican Republic, Leonel, Dominican Republic ￢ﾀﾓ Central America Free Trade Agreement, Free trade, Economic history of the United States, Free trade area
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