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EU says China resists protectionism to end recession The global recession has not made China more any more protectionist, European Union officials said after two days of talks that saw Brussels and Beijing jointly call for a swift conclusion to stalled global trade He’s the man again, Lamy reaffirmed to head WTO Members of the World Trade Organization re-appointed Pascal Lamy to a second term as the director general. Lamy, from France, and the former European trade commissioner, would stay on at his role for another four EU warns China its products are still too dangerous  The flood of Chinese products into the European Union hasn’t slowed, but many of them are still far too dangerous and China must do more to make its manufacturers produce safe goods, the European Union’s WTO chief Lamy says protectionism is on the rise The United States has done it and so has the European Union, and other countries too. And since the beginning of the year, countries around the world have been implementing protectionist measures, World Trade Organization EU, South Korea put off a free-trade pact deal The European Union and South Korea have postponed concluding a Free Trade Agreement after reaching a tentative deal on almost all points, officials said. Talks over the outstanding issues are to continue in early April EU warning to US brings trade New US Trade Representative Ron Kirk wasted little time in pledging close relations with the European Union when he met with EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, who later, in a private speech, urged the reluctant South Korea and EU fail to make free trade deal South Korea and the European Union have reported progress in the latest round of talks on a free trade agreement, but problems remain. The outstanding issues were “inevitably complex and complicated,” EU Trade Commissioner Catherine MEPs say gunboats not enough to root out Somali piracy It took a month, but the high-profile hijacking of the Sirius Star oil tanker by Somali pirates on November 15 finally provoked a reaction from the European Union last week as the first EU naval EU-China plan to enhance management partnerships  The European Union has teamed up with China to meet the strong demand for professionals and managers by offering an unmatched high-level training scheme aimed at EU managers and professionals interested in gaining China expertise European Parliament approves new trade commissioner  The European parliament on Wednesday (Oct 22) overwhelmingly approved the appointment of British Baroness Catherine Ashton as the European Commissioner in charge of trade. In a plenary session in Strasbourg, 538 MEPs voted for the Mandelson Back to the UK - Baroness Ashton of Upholland with Barroso's blessing  The European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today (October 3) accepted the nomination of Baroness Ashton of Upholland as successor to Peter Mandelson, the member of the Commission responsible for trade, Peter Mandelson.
The announcement EU says China losing investment race China is failing to attract European investment as effectively as competing economies such as Russia and India and must open its markets if it wants to reverse the trend, the European Union’s top trade official India guest of honour at trade fair in Belgium About 50 Indian exhibitors participated in the 63rd annual Accenta International Fair in the Belgian city of Ghent. India is the guest of honour at this year’s fair at the Flanders Expo grounds, which was The Chinese shoe’s on the other foot now The European Commission is poised for a bitter battle with Europe’s main footwear-exporting countries after a majority of member states voted against extending tariffs on Chinese shoes, a touchy subject in Brussels, diplomats said. A WTO talks collapse again, may re-start in the fall  After years of talking, the world’s top trade leaders broke off their debate in Switzerland after the United States couldn’t agree with China and India on opening markets and subsidies, drawing disappointment and some rebuke Taiwan to file WTO case against EU over tariffs Taiwan will join the United States and Japan in filing a complaint under the World Trade Organization’s framework over a tariff dispute with the European Union, press reports said. Taiwan plans to pursue the WTO Chinese Chamber of Commerce gets launched in the Netherlands Several hundred European and Chinese business people and politicians were due to celebrate the founding of a European- Chinese Chamber of Commerce in The Hague on February 18. Among the guests were legislators of the Fake Chinese goods  China and the European Union must step up their efforts to stop fake goods from the growing economic power flooding European markets, the EU’s Tax and Customs Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs has said. Speaking in an Geldof says EU dictates trade rules to Africa Bob Geldof, the pop musician who has been a leading campaigner for Africa, accused the European Union on December 7, of dictating the timetable for new trade terms with African nations. Speaking in Berlin a Trade between EU and Russia drops The European Union accounted for 51.8 percent of Russia's foreign trade in the first seven months of 2007, down from 55.8 percent in the same period a year earlier, the Federal Customs Service's press office |
EU-Russia energy game EU budget: Naming and Shaming of Member States allowing fraud A message for Turkey: tear down Cyprus’ wall now! India says global warming is not to blame for Himalayan glacier melt A misled Merkel takes a swipe at GM over its Opel U-turn Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transexual (LBGT) organisations across Europe cooperate under the umbrella of the International Lesbian and Gay Association This coming Thursday evening, November 19 during the “Last Supper,” the 27 heads of the EU Member States will decide The end of World War II found the United Kingdom winners, but literally bankrupt. The After months of networking, secret briefings, it seems that the candidates for the Council President In a meeting in Washington with the current Swedish Presidency of the European Union, US President Barack Obama said that As the United States and NATO have urged European countries to take a bigger role Europe must step up its efforts in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid straining relations Six months after they met in London and established a $1.1 trillion-dollar support package for As the first top British diplomat to visit Moscow in recent five years, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrapped up Despite French carmaker Renault’s earlier statement that it will not invest any more money in The United States and Russia on 9 November began another round of talks over nuclear Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government will continue to adopt measures to better The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, and the EU’s Chamber of Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas Just as the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China passed |
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