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		<title>Taiwan to Ease Visa Process to Promote Business with Hong Kong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to boost trade ties with Hong Kong, Taiwan plans to simplify procedures for visa issuance for Hong Kong citizens in the near future, the Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said on Monday. Lai expressed this at a meeting with the visiting highest ranking official from Hong Kong, John Tsang &#8211; Financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/taiwan-to-ease-visa-process-to-promote-business-with-hong-kong/</link>
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		<title>Investment Threshold Makes Ghana No Entry for Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An analysis on investments in Ghana finds that an old law is restricting foreign investments to that country as it prescribes unreasonable minimum investment limit while leaving out domestic ones from the legal periphery. The business entities mainly run by the Nigerian traders claim that their businesses are being targeted on the basis of an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/investment-threshold-makes-ghana-no-entry-for-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Country in Conundrum of Siding Whom Leaves Citizens Starving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite relative success of reaping decent harvest after the worst violence interfered with the first of the two crops of the year in June, the farmers in Southern Kyrgyzstan are at the crossroads for finding buyers for their produce. As reported by TOBOC in June, Kyrgyzstan remains to require hands off reconciliation from the US [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/country-in-conundrum-of-siding-whom-leaves-citizens-starving/</link>
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		<title>Dubai Free Zone Firms Pick up Pace on Global Recovery Cues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its latest release said that the firms within Dubai&#8217;s free zones had traded $30.5bn worth of exports and re-exports last year to register a whopping 40.7 percent growth in 2009. Thus proving the world that Dubai is one of the business centers which has woken up from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/dubai-free-zone-firms-pick-up-pace-on-global-recovery-cues/</link>
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		<title>Dolphin Exports from Solomons Invite Protest – Trader Defends Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The dolphin trading by one of the Solomon Islands&#8217; exporter has not gone well with a leading animal right organization. Solomons dolphin activist Lawrence Makili who is the Earth Island Institute&#8217;s Pacific Regional Director has told AAP that despite the institute&#8217;s tireless efforts to end the live trade, one dolphin dealer had retarded the momentum.
But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/dolphin-exports-from-solomons-invite-protest-%e2%80%93-trader-defends-sale/</link>
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		<title>Thailand Urges its Investors and Exporters to Cash in on Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has suggested that the country should capitalize on business opportunities in South America, particularly Brazil as the Latin America leading economy is preparing to host 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. The TCC through a survey has identified prospective sectors including furniture, food, plastics, spa products, herbs, auto [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/09/thailand-urges-its-investors-and-exporters-to-cash-in-on-brazil/</link>
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		<title>Switzerland Prepares for a Historic FTA with China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Swiss President Doris Leuthard&#8217;s week-long visit to China is likely to make Switzerland once again a first mover from Europe to sign an FTA with China as it had established diplomatic ties 60 years ago. The Swiss Embassy to China apprised Global Times that the FTA talks were officially launched.
Leuthard, who ended a six-day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/switzerland-prepares-for-a-historic-fta-with-china/</link>
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		<title>Philippines is after Casino Biz amid Opposition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines aims to become Asia&#8217;s next big gambling hub by building casinos and related entertainment zones across the country amid controversy. According to Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), an &#8220;Entertainment City&#8221; will come up in Manila to rival Macau and Singapore, the regional titans in the gambling trade, and is expected to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/philippines-is-after-casino-biz-amid-opposition/</link>
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		<title>Trade Overtures by Brazil to Arab World Pay Huge Dividends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the recent data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil indicate that the country’s exports to the Arab region have increased by leaps and bounds. Brazil&#8217;s agri-business has posted 40 percent growth in yearly month on month basis to the Arab world which includes Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/trade-overtures-by-brazil-to-arab-world-pay-huge-dividends/</link>
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		<title>US Trade Delegation Makes SOS Trip to Columbia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 industrialists from the US are touring Columbia to identify potential areas of trade, and maximize their business prospects under the new regime before it is too late as the new president of Columbia is equi-distant in ideology with all schools of thoughts in the Americas. Juan Manual Santos, the 59th president of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/us-trade-delegation-makes-sos-trip-to-columbia/</link>
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		<title>China Okays Iran Sanctions – Yet Holds Trade with Impunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent sanctions against Iran hammered out by the US and like-minded countries targeting energy and banking sectors have become more blatantly farcical when China resumed oil trade with Iran even after the embargo came into effect. Desperate moves by Tehran to forge ties with China, the second largest oil consumer, indicate that the latter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/china-okays-iran-sanctions-%e2%80%93-yet-holds-trade-with-impunity/</link>
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		<title>Aviation Industry Lengthens Trajectory in Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Renewed confidence in the African economic renaissance, most international airlines are on an expansion mode in the African continent to meet the growing demands of a prospective travel and freight market. The stupendous rebound of Africa from the global economic mess, which devastated aviation industry the most, is regarded as the major reason for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/aviation-industry-lengthens-trajectory-in-africa/</link>
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		<title>Australian Opposition Unfurls Trade Map Ahead of Polls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nationals&#8217; leader Warren Truss revealed that a Coalition government at the centre would restore funding to exporters and appoint an ambassador for trade reforms and specialist trade representatives for Australia&#8217;s manufacturing and service Industries. An Abbott government would increase the EMDG cap to AUD 200mn from July 1, 2011, restoring an AUD $50mn shortfall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/australian-opposition-unfurls-trade-map-ahead-of-polls/</link>
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		<title>Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan Sign Quadripartite FTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey will join an economic bloc comprising of the Middle Eastern states such as Syria, Lebanon and Jordan ahead of the protracted accession to the EU. Last weekend, the four nations jointly agreed to follow up on creating a free trade zone to boost trade exchanges particularly to support SMEs of respective countries by eliminating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/syria-turkey-lebanon-and-jordan-sign-quadripartite-fta/</link>
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		<title>Tourism Primed to Spur Economic Growth of UK for a Decade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The finding of a report on the UK tourism industry reveals that the tourism revenue of the country is set to rise by more than 60 percent to £188bn by 2020, and one of the main draws of the next decade includes the 2012 Olympic Games. An independent report by Deloitte and Oxford Economics for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/08/tourism-primed-to-spur-economic-growth-of-uk-for-a-decade/</link>
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		<title>Cambodia Garment Strike Spotlights on Labor Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wraith of global meltdown is still resonating in some form or the other in most outsourcing dependent countries. The recent Cambodia garment workers’ strike turns out to be a perfect case in point to the premise.
On Tuesday, the Cambodian police with riot gears thwarted a week-long strike sparked off by the suspension of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/cambodia-garment-strike-spotlights-on-labor-rights/</link>
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		<title>Staunch Trade Ties Do Not Vouch Chinese to Invest in N-Korea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese trade expert in an interview to the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper and arm of People’s Daily told many Chinese companies had lost money while trading and investing in North Korea as the country often changed its policies. Gao Xinli, a professor of international economy and trade at Eastern Liaoning University divulged this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/staunch-trade-ties-do-not-vouch-chinese-to-invest-in-n-korea/</link>
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		<title>Your Drink Can Help Some Farmers Get Living Wages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TransFair USA, a non-profit organization and a third-party certifier of Fair Trade (FT) products in the US has now launched FT-labelled vodka which ensures farmers from Bolivia to fetch commensurate earnings for their produce. The organization has added on Fair Vodka of Fair Trade Spirits Company into its kitty to fulfil its goal of including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/your-drink-can-help-some-farmers-get-living-wages/</link>
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		<title>Mercosur-Egypt FTA Likely to Exclude Sensitive Poultry Trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and Egypt is expected to label poultry in the sensitive category as the latter fears it may adversely impact the domestic industry. According to the Al-Masry Al-Youm, an Egyptian daily, Egypt has asked for poultry products and other food commodities to be included in a list of sensitive products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/mercosur-egypt-fta-likely-to-exclude-sensitive-poultry-trade/</link>
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		<title>Zimbabwe to Buy Small Denominations to Fix Currency Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Finance Minister of Zimbabwe has announced that his country would import small change to stave off worsening currency problems. The day to day lives of the Zimbabweans have become difficult ever since the country experienced severe shortage of small change, resulting in transactional impasse.
The Finance Minister Tendai Biti admitted “Under the current multi currency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/zimbabwe-to-buy-small-denominations-to-fix-currency-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Indo-Pak Ties &#8211; The Chokepoint for Indian Exports to Afghan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trade treaty signed on Sunday between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a major embarrassment to the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the deal conspicuously disallows Indian exports to Afghanistan through Wagah border while permitting Afghani exports to India. In recent times, Clinton has projected herself as a peace merchant who encouraged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/indo-pak-ties-the-chokepoint-for-indian-exports-to-afghan/</link>
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		<title>Portugal and Turkey Ink Landmark Visa Exemption Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkish Foreign Minister&#8217;s one day visit to Portugal has culminated in the signing of a mutually beneficial partial visa exemption agreement. According to the deal, citizens of both countries who have special or service passports will be able to travel to each other&#8217;s country without a visa for 90 days within a six-month-period.
During the visit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/portugal-and-turkey-ink-landmark-visa-exemption-deal/</link>
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		<title>Viet Nam Eyes Robust Myanmar Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Viet Nam Ambassador to Myanmar feels that Myanmar has all the trappings of providing big returns for investments ranging from mining, forestry management, agriculture and aquaculture to telecommunication, tourism and health-care services. Myanmar had a population of 56mn, and it was a large market for consumer products since its local production only met 13 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/viet-nam-eyes-robust-myanmar-market/</link>
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		<title>Kuwait Out-reaches to South America for Bettering Ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A high profile delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed will begin its tour of South America on Wednesday. The three-week trip to nine countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico will attempt to explore investment opportunities in these countries, and also to attract investments to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/kuwait-out-reaches-to-south-america-for-bettering-ties/</link>
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		<title>EAC Common Market Likely to Slash Cost of Consumables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The East African Common Market (EACM) which came into force on July 1 is expected reduce prices of household items as the new &#8216;competitive&#8217; market environment will trigger some price shake-up on many consumables. Though the EACM may take almost five years to become fully operational, the consumers of East African Community (EAC), Burundi, Kenya, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cosmizen.com/2010/07/eac-common-market-likely-to-slash-cost-of-consumables/</link>
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