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The Philippines Campaign Network Urges EC to Provide PCA Draft

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The EU-Philippines Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) is under some suspicion since the details about the draft was not made available to the EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network (CN). According to […]

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China Says Trade Probes By India Will Damage Trade Ties

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Soon after concluding a meeting between Indian ambassador to China Nirupama Rao and China’s deputy commerce minister Zhong Shan, the Ministry of Commerce of China has expressed that trade probes […]

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The UAE Slashes Its Guidance on Growth Dramatically

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According to a latest report, the UAE is expected to grow just by 3 percent from its last year’s performance of six percent. Huge slump in growth of sectors including […]

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Indian Envoy Confident About FTA with the EU

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Speaking at an event organised by the Belgian think tank Bruegel, India’s ambassador to the EU Jaimini Bhagwati said that he was confident of signing FTA with the EU in […]

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‘Buy American’ Will Trigger Trade Wars – Warns Obama

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Barack Obama, the newly elected president of the US echoed the concerns of economists and trade partners across the world while he said ‘buy American’ as part of the clause […]

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Columbia and the EU closer to Signing FTA

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According to Fernando Cardesa García, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Commission to Colombia and Ecuador, the bilateral talks with Columbia are expected to start by the second week […]

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Turkey’s Imports Continue to Surge against Its Exports

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According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜIK), Turkey’s imports recorded a growth of 18.7 percent to $201.8bn whereas its exports grew by 23.1 percent to $132bn causing huge trade deficit of […]

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Russia Plans to Waiver Export Tariffs on Its Fertilisers

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Russian government in its latest release stated that there were plans afoot to abolish the export tariffs on certain mineral fertilisers that they imposed last year. The decision to levy […]

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Indo-Kazakh Ties Boosted by Signing Trade Pacts

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The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has concluded his four-day visit to India by heading his contingent to complete formalities on bilateral ties including a broad spectrum economic cooperation. […]

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The EU Levies Tariffs up to 85 Percent on Chinese Fasteners

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The EU will levy tariffs from 26 percent to 85 percent on Chinese imports of screws and bolts to the 27 countries of the EU. The law is expected to […]

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An Indian Store Auctioned for Highest Rental in the World

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A 133 square feet shop in New Delhi, the capital of India becomes the most expensive store in the world to fetch close to $25,000 per month as rental. According […]

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The EU Allows the US Exports to be Dual-Labelled Indefinitely

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According to National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the US and EU have resolved the protracted transatlantic trade issue concerning labelling of products imported to the EU. An EU Council Directive […]

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Canada Will Soon Be Able to Export Pulses to India

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Commerce Ministry of India has informed Canada that they would soon remove barriers to import pulses. Reports suggest that a huge disparity in demand and domestic production is stated to […]

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Arab Economic Summit Likely to Focus on Non-Political Affairs

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The two-day Arab Economic, Social and Development summit is underway in Kuwait to improve trade links among 22 Arab League nations. The summit that has been envisioned during the annual […]

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Brazil and Guatemala Surge into Asian Markets amid Lower Sugar Demand

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Sugar markets of India, the largest consumer and China the second in consumption are becoming a new region of interest for the Latin American exporters, Brazil and Guatemala. Freight charges […]

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Russia Removes Restrictions on the UK Fish

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Russia’s decision to lift ban on the UK fish imports has been joyously received by the Scottish fishing companies as this is expected to immensely benefit the struggling industry. The […]

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Turkey Exceeds Export Target despite the EU Branding Boron as Toxic

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Turkey, the largest exporter of boron has exported $520mn in 2008 against their target of $500mn for the year. Turkey has 72 percent of the world’s boron reserves that is […]

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Taiwan's International Trade Sees Worst Lows in 5 years

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) in its latest release stated the exim trade of the country in December as compared to the same period last year had slipped by 41.9 […]

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Biggest Fraud Ever Exposed in Indian Corporate History

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Satyam Computers’ founder and CEO Ramalinga Raju had resigned from his position with confessions on his blatant lies about his company’s performance. In his resignation letter he has admitted that […]

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Chinese Exporters Advised to Avert Default from Overseas Buyers

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The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) of China has warned that the Chinese exporters were facing increased risk of receiving their dues from the overseas banks owing to the credit crisis. […]

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Holiday Online Sales Drop – Relatively Scores over Traditional Retailers

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According to comScore, a marketing research company, for the first time since they began tracking the performance of online sales in 2001, the US online holiday sales dropped in November […]

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Space Travel Gets Cheaper – Ushers in a New Era for Adventure Tourism

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Space travel hitherto was confined to people who were handpicked for state space missions. But today commercialization of space travel has enabled dreamers with money to fulfill their goals through […]

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Russia Modifies the Pork and Poultry Deal with the US

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Russia, the largest importer of the US poultry products has amended their five-year bilateral poultry and pork trade agreement with the US. Though the new poultry quota for 2009 has […]

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Indo-Vietnam Trade Exceed their 2010 Target

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Rajeev Garg, the chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (INCHAM) stated the bilateral trade between India and Vietnam was expected to be well over $2bn by this year end. […]

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King Urges Spain to Align with Rest of the World to Tide over Crisis

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Spain’s King Juan Carlos urged his countrymen in a televised Christmas message to brace them against the deteriorating economic situation. The king asserted that the country should play a crucial […]

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