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 Washington |
U.S. to sell $6.4b in weapons to Taiwan The move bound to anger China. The administration expects congressional approval quickly
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| Wed. |
U.S. Congress |
US approves Indian nuclear deal
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| Aug.30 |
Baghdad |
Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China
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| Jul.29 |
 Switzerland |
Global trade deal falls apart  Map of GENEVA Switzerland| After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, WTO talks collapsed in a dismaying blow to 7 years of efforts to open up the global economy. Talks to help liberalise global trade have collapsed after f... | |
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| Jul.28 |
South Korea |
First U.S. beef arrives in Korea after ban
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| Jul.25 |
Qatar |
Hope of deal in world trade talks
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| Jul.20 |
Switzerland |
Fresh push in global trade talks
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| Jun.25 |
 South Korea |
South Korea lifts ban on US beef South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country
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| Apr.19 |
South Africa |
Zimbabwe weapons ship heads to Anglola
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| Dec.21 |
Venezuela |
Chavez proposes oil barter scheme
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| Fri. |
Washington |
U.S. to sell $6.4b in weapons to Taiwan| The move bound to anger China. The administration expects congressional approval quickly | |
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| Wed. |
 U.S. Congress |
US approves Indian nuclear deal The Senate is ending a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi, by the 86-13 vote
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| Aug.30 |
 Baghdad |
Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company(China National Petroleum Corporation) since the fall of Saddam's regime
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| Aug.11 |
Baghdad |
Iraq to revive oil deal with China
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| Jul.29 |
Switzerland |
Global trade deal falls apart Map of GENEVA Switzerland After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, WTO talks collapsed in a dismaying blow to 7 years of efforts to open up the global economy
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Switzerland |
Fears for collapse of trade talks
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| Jul.28 |
South Korea |
First U.S. beef arrives in Korea after ban The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived following a ban after a case of mad cow disease
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Switzerland |
U.S. issues trade rebuke to China, India
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| Jul.25 |
 Qatar |
Hope of deal in world trade talks Delegates from the EU, US, Brazil and Australia said signs were encouraging although others were more cautious
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| Jul.24 |
Libya |
Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments'
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| Jul.20 |
Switzerland |
Fresh push in global trade talks Negotiators from more than 30 countries will meet to inject fresh impetus into long-running efforts to agree a global trade deal
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| Jul.9 |
France |
French firm 'quits Iran gas deal'
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| Jun.25 |
South Korea |
South Korea lifts ban on US beef| South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country | |
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| Jun.21 |
South Korea |
U.S., South Korea strike on beef sales
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| Jun.15 |
South Korea |
No deal at S Korea-US beef talks
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Japan |
Japan, China reach gas exploration deal
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| Jun.12 |
Beijing |
China, Taiwan sign charter flights deal
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| Jun.3 |
South Korea |
South Korea backs off importing U.S. beef
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| May.26 |
South Korea |
Protests over US beef
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| Apr.28 |
Iran |
Iran to discuss pipeline with India, Pakistan
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| Apr.19 |
 South Africa |
 Zimbabwe weapons ship heads to Anglola A Chinese ship loaded with arms and ammunition sailed away from a South Africa and is on its way to Luanda to unload its cargo
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| Mar.5 |
Russia |
Gazprom restores Ukraine gas flow
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| Feb.21 |
Beijing |
China defends arms sales to Sudan
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| Feb.12 |
Moscow |
Russia and Ukraine reach gas deal
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| Jan.25 |
Colombia |
Rice talks trade on Colombia trip |
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| Jan.11 |
Beijing |
China's trade surplus soars |
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| Dec.21 |
 Venezuela |
 Chavez proposes oil barter scheme  President Hugo Chavez has said Central American and Caribbean states could pay for oil with services or products like bananas and sugar
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| Dec.9 |
Portugal |
EU, Africa fail to agree trade deal
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Bali |
U.S., EU push green trade |
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| Oct.22 |
China |
China halts probe on U.S. exports |
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| Oct.7 |
Costa Rica |
Costa Rica supports US trade deal
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| Sep.4 |
USA |
Thousands of Mattel toys recalled The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint
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| Aug.24 |
Canada |
Wheat prices reach record level |
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| Aug.23 |
European Union |
EU lifts ban on Brit meat exports |
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| Aug.14 |
USA |
Mattel recalls millions of Chinese toys
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| Aug.1 |
USA |
Chinese-made toys recalled in US Toymaker Fisher Price is to recall almost 1,000,000 Chinese-made toys over fears that their paint contains too much lead
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| Jul.18 |
Washington |
Bush tackles scares over imports
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| Apr.10 |
New York |
U.S. files piracy complaint against China
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| Mar.26 |
Moscow |
Hu heads to Russia to boost trade
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| Mar.10 |
Uruguay |
Bush talks trade
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| Jan.8 |
European Union |
  Russia oil row hits Europe supply | Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow. Transneft's pipeline were completely sh... | |
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| Nov.18 |
 Vietnam |
APEC vows to salvage trade talks Leaders were expected to wrap up a Pacific Rim summit with a pledge to kick-start stalled global trade talks
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| Nov.2 |
 Beijing |
 Trade to top China-Africa summit More than 40 African heads of state have gathering for a summit with China on trade and investment
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Georgia |
Gazprom to double Georgia charges
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Sweden |
Trade minister to quit
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| Jul.24 |
Switzerland |
 WTO global trade talks collapse Global free trade talks collapsed after 5 years of on-off haggling and resuming them could take years
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| Apr.29 |
 Cuba |
  Leftist trio seals Americas pact The leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a trade agreement to counter US influence
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| Jan.3 |
Russia |
 Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal The Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand meters of gas
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| Jan.2 |
Moscow |
Russia vows to end gas shortage |
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| Jan.1 |
 Hungary |
  Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies Hungary and Poland were the first to have supplies disrupted, as Moscow accused Kiev of stealing EU supplies
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Ukraine |
Russia cuts gas supplies| Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute | |
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| Dec.30 |
Moscow |
Russia says gas cut won't hit EU |
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| Dec.18 |
 Hong Kong |
WTO seals farms deal Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013
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| Dec.17 |
Hong Kong |
WTO nears deal amid protests |
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| Sep.5 |
Beijing |
EU, China hail textile deal The deal is to release millions of Chinese garments blocked by EU customs because they exceed import ceilings
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| Aug.28 |
European Union |
EU to consider China textile deal |
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| Aug.4 |
Brazil |
WTO raps EU over sugar subsidies |
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| Jul.31 |
Switzerland |
World trade talks reach agreement
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| Dec.4 |
Washington |
United States scrapped tariffs on steel
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
Russia, Iraq close to $40b deal
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| Nov.10 |
Qatar |
China joins WTO Trade ministers have unanimously approved China's entry after 15 years of negotiations
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| Apr.22 |
Canada |
Americas leaders back free trade |
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