Trade News: China
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China - People's Daily Online
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Fire in dormitory in east China kills 5; arson suspected
A fire at a company dormitory killed five and injured one in east China's Shandong Province early Sunday, fire fighters said.
The dormitory in...
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Army officer drowns while retrieving chemical barrels on river in northeast China
A Chinese soldier drowned Friday in a river in northeast China's Jilin Province as he worked to retrieve chemical barrels that had been swept into...
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Chemical-tainted water of NE China's major river affects 2nd province
Tests show that chemical-tainted waters of a major northeast China river has flowed into Heilongjiang Province from Jilin where some 7,000 chemical barrels were initially...
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Rescue underway for 24 trapped miners in NE China
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&$Vehicles and rescuers are seen at the flooded mine in Jixi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 1, 2010. An accident took place at around...
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Death toll from China bridge collapse rises to 49, 17 still missing
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&$Photo taken on July 27, 2010 shows the collapsed Yihe River Bridge in Luanchuan County, central China's Henan Province. The Yi River Bridge collapsed...
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Job-hopping widely seen among Chinese college graduates: survey
The Chinese youth, who graduated from college in 2006 have, on average, changed two jobs within the first three years of their career, according to...
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Chinese DINK families not regret their decision: report
Most Chinese DINK (Dual Income, No Kids) families don't regret their decision to live without children, according to an on-line report.
"I'm living to...
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Modernization urged for PLA army to boost combat capacity
PLA Daily, the voice of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), published Sunday an editorial to hail the 83rd anniversary of the founding of the...
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Chinese enterprises contribute to Indonesia's economy, society
Along with the implementation of " going out" strategy, there has been more than 700 Chinese enterprises registered in Indonesia, contributing a lot to Indonesia's...
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Three trapped in flooded mine in central China
Three workers were still trapped Sunday after a coal mine flooding Saturday night in central China's Henan Province, local authorities said.
The flooding occurred...
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13 dead, 9 injured after bus falls off cliff in SW China
At least 13 people were killed and nine were injured after a bus fell off an 8.5-meter-high cliff at 3:50 p.m. Saturday in Xuanhan County...
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Two mine accidents in China leave 17 dead, 104 injured, 24 trapped
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&$Injured people receive medical treatment in a hospital in Yicheng, north China's Shangxi Province, July 31, 2010. A blast occured near the employees' dormitory...
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Floods kill 47 in northeast China's Jilin Province
At least 47 people have been killed and 45 others remain missing in floods that have hit northeast China's Jilin Province since July 24, Jilin's...
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Irrational layouts of chemical factories blamed for life-threatening accidents in China
Soldiers and emergency workers are still struggling to retrieve the thousands of chemical-filled barrels that were swept into a major river by rain-triggered floods in...
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China's first law on online games to take effect
China's first regulation governing the booming market of on-line games will take effect on Sunday, which is expected to protect children from unwholesome content and...
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12 uncontrolled vessels stopped, possible collision with dam avoided in NE China
Twelve heavy vessels, which broke their moorings and were swept down a turbulent river in floods Saturday in northeast China's Jilin Province, have all been...
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In pictures: strong rain-triggered flood sweeps Jilin Province
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&$The aerial photo taken on July 30, 2010 shows the flood-battered road in Antu County of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province....
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5,016 of 7,000 chemical barrels recovered from major river of NE China
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&$Workers retrieve a chemical container from the Songhua River at the Wukeshu Dock in Yushu City, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 29, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhou...
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Locals swarm into swimming pool to keep cool in Wuhan
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&$Swimmers crowd in an indoor swimming pool in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, July 30, 2010. A heat wave hit the city...
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All evacuated residents return home, even as fire at gas well in NW China enters...
More than 1,000 residents evacuated after a fire at a natural gas well in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have returned to their homes, even as...
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South Africa, China sign police agreement
South African and Chinese police leaders have signed a police cooperation agreement in keeping with efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, local...
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Lesotho cements cultural ties with China
The Lesotho China Expo steering committee is pulling all stops to market the country's business opportunities, cultural and tourism attractions ahead of a visit to...
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Chinese, Cuban foreign ministers hold talks on bilateral relations
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&$Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) shakes hands with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez during their meeting on the development of relations between...
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55 South Korean tourists rescued after stranded by flood in NE China
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&$Tourists from South Korea sit in a boat with the help of Chinese rescuers in Fushun, a city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, July...
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China to enhance army's capabilities for national interest: defense minister
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&$Representatives attend a reception hosted by the Ministry of National Defence of the People's Republic of China, to mark the 83rd anniversary of the...
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Nearly 500 Russian teenagers arrive in China for summer camp
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Russian students dance during a departure ceremony for a group of Russian children who are ready to spend their...
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China, Mexico agree to strengthen economic ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Mexican counterpart, Patricia Espinosa, agreed here Friday to boost bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, investment and tourism.
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Cooperation heralds bright future for China-Costa Rica ties: ambassador
The establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Costa Rica in 2007 and the rapid growth of bilateral ties since then are in the interests...
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World moving toward balance of power: Chinese FM
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Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa (R) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the official house of Los...
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Coal mine blast death toll rises to 17 in north China
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Photo taken on July 31, 2010 shows part of the Liugou Coal Mining Company after the explosion in Yicheng,...
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All evacuated residents return home, even as fire at gas well in NW China enters...
More than 1,000 residents evacuated after a fire at a natural gas well in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have returned to their homes, even as...
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In pictures: Debris remains after coal mine blast in N China
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Photo taken on July 31, 2010 shows part of the Liugou Coal Mining Company after the explosion in Yicheng,...
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4,260 of 7,000 chemical barrels retrieved from river in NE China
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Workers retrieve a chemical container from the Songhua River at the Wukeshu Dock in Yushu City, northeast China's Jilin...
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Flood strands 55 South Korean tourists in NE China
A flood has stranded 55 tourists in a town in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local authorities said Saturday.
The tourists from the Republic of...
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12 heavy boats flow uncontrolled down NE China major river, threatening dam
Twelve heavy vessels broke their moorings Saturday and are now being swept down a turbulent river in northeast China, threatening to slam into a major...
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Taxiing plane bumps another at Beijing Capital International Airport
A plane taxiing at Beijing Capital International Airport bumped into a stationary plane Saturday.
The taxiing Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 scraped an Air China...
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Coal mine blast death toll rises to 17 in north China
The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Linfen City of north China's Shanxi Province early Saturday has risen to 17 after...
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Renowned scientist Qian Weichang mourned across China
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Students of Shanghai University hang a banner to express their mourning for Shanghai University President Qian Weichang in Shanghai,...
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Reefs cleaned after Dalian oil spill
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Workers clean the reefs at Xieziwan bay in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 30, 2010. Industrial cleaners and...
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Civilians called in as China's river salvage faces challenge, half of chemical containers retrieved
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Workers set up defensive nets to block chemical barrels at a river fork in Zhaoyuan section of the Songhua...
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Trade News: Agriculture
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International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council
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When Precautionary Becomes Reactionary
While attitudes toward GMO crops and seeds in Europe remain skeptical, there is a growing desire on both sides of the Atlantic for Europe to...
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TRQ Expansion-Creating Opportunities for Trade?
Many WTO Members have submitted proposals pertaining to the formulae for tariff and subsidy cuts and exceptions in the Doha Round to influence a draft...
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Doha Development Round--Is There A Way Forward or Not?
The recent breakdown in the G-4 talks in Potsdam, Germany has stalled the negotiations in the Doha "Development" Round yet again. IPC Member C. Joe...
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Globalization and Rural America
Proposals to shore up support for trade liberalization and globalization in America have focused on structural adjustment assistance, wage insurage, social safety nets, and better...
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Biofuels in Japan, Q and A with Hiroshi Shiraiwa
The dialogue about the rise of biofuels has mostly focused on production in the US and Brazil.In this Trading Ideas post, we have asked IPC...
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New Issue of the Agritrade Forum
IPC has released its second quarter issue of the Agritrade Forum, the official newsletter of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council. In this...
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Energy and the Farm Bill
IPC has issued the third in a series of Farm Bill briefs which highlight the key issues in the Farm Bill debate currently underway in...
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Saving Doha and Delivering on Development
As the Doha Round of global trade talks continue, doubts have emerged as to whether successful negotiations, which can help lift millions out of poverty,...
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The Past and Future of CAP Reform
IPC Chairman Piet Bukman spoke at the 26th European Agricultural Outlook Conference held in London during the 27th-28th of March, titled "Towards 2013: The Prospects...
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The Farm Bill, Doha, the Budget (and Ethanol!)
As the Farm Bill debate is currently underway in the U.S. Congress, IPC has published the first of five IPC Policy Focus briefs highlighting the...
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The Food Miles Debate
The "Food Miles" argument is gaining traction. So far, it has sprung up mostly in the UK, but it is finding resonance in other European...
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Agriculture is Special After All
IPC Member Michel Petit has submitted the following column on the special roles that agriculture plays in developed and developing countries. His piece provides a...
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The Fight Over Cotton, Q and A with Pedro de Camargo Neto
In 2002, Brazil initiated a WTO dispute settlement case against the US, claiming that its subsidies for upland cotton were illegal under WTO rules, and...
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US Farm Programs and African Cotton
IPC has published Issue Brief 22, by Daniel Sumner, the director of the University of California Agricultural Issues Center, titled "US Farm Programs and African...
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Microfinance Boosts Business and Sustainability in Africa
IPC Communications Director Yvonne Siu has contributed this post about the changing nature of microfinance in the private sector, and how it is being integrated...
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Biofuels Across the Atlantic
IPC Chief Executive Charlotte Hebebrand has contributed the following piece about recent biofuel legislation on both sides of the Atlantic, and suggests that in the...
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Canada's Request for WTO Consultations on US Farm Subsidies
IPC Member Michael Gifford, former chief agricultural trade negotiator, has commented on Canada's recent challenge to US corn subsidies, and the implications for US farm...
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Biofuels as an Engine for Growth
New Trading Ideas blog post--"Biofuels as an Engine for Growth" outlines the existing opportunities and challenges that biofuels hold for rich and poor countries alike....
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Biofuels: Promises and Constraints
In seeking to address concerns about energy supply, national security, climate change, and economic development, numerous policymakers--and those who seek to influence them--are turning to...
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From Quiet Diplomacy to Resuming Doha: Overcoming the Impasse
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy recently gave the "green light" for informal discussions to resume on all issues in the WTO Doha Round, which is encouraging....
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Winter 2006 Issue of the Agritrade Forum:
IPC Analysis and Events on Biofuels, Cotton, Resuming Doha,...
IPC announces the release of its Winter 2006 newsletter, the Agritrade Forum. Inside this issue:
IPC Urges 'Constructive Participation' in Biofuels Debate;
Launch of New Website and...
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Food Miles:
IPC says environmentalists should analyze issue further
IPC chief executive Charlotte Hebebrand writes on Tim Groser's views about the latest environmental/trade issue: food miles. The argument that it is environmentally damaging to...
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Whither Doha?
Kicking off the IPC blog, IPC chief executive Charlotte Hebebrand would like to bring your attention to an IPC think piece, titled "Doha Suspension," summarizing...
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WTO Disciplines and Biofuels: Opportunities and Constraints in the Creation of a Global Marketplace
This timely IPC discussion paper analyzes how WTO trade rules apply to the biofuels sector. With the potential for future trade in biofuels rising as...
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World Trade Headlines: From EuBusiness.com
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EU gives Pakistan 30 million euros in humanitarian aid
The European Commission said Saturday it had given 30 million euros in humanitarian aid to help the most needy in Pakistan, including those hit by...
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One charger to fit all new mobiles as of next year, says EU
New mobile phones sold in Europe as of next year should all work off the same universal chargers, the European Commission said on Friday.
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Sweden calls on European Commision to act on Roma rights
Sweden's government Friday called for the European Commission to act on the rights of Europe's Roma community, saying their situation was "alarming".
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Greek bank Emporiki posts 535-million-euro first half loss
Greece's Emporiki Bank, owned by French group Credit Agricole, on Friday
announced a net first-half net loss of 535.2 million euros (699 million
dollars), a 49.1-percent widening...
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EU regrets delay in adopting Bosnia's census legislation
EU envoys to Bosnia on Friday expressed "deep regret" over a
parliamentary session boycott by the main Serb party which has delayed
adoption of a law on...
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Balkans states agree to improve EU-Turkey rail transport
Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia on Friday signed an agreement to improve
railway transport from EU states to Turkey across the three Balkan
nations, Beta news agency reported.
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China says it disapproves of EU sanctions against Iran
China said Friday it opposed tough new sanctions imposed by the European
Union on Iran due to its contested nuclear programme, again calling for
more talks to...
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Eurozone inflation rises sharply to 1.7 per cent
Inflation in the eurozone is expected to rise sharply to 1.7 per cent in July, the EU forecast on Friday, although analysts saw no cause...
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Anheuser-Busch loses Budweiser trademark war in Europe
Global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has lost its court battle with Czech rival Budejovicky Budvar over a bid to get a European Union-wide trademark for the...
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Eurozone unemployment rate stuck at 10 per cent
Unemployment across the 16 countries which share the euro stuck at a record 10 per cent in June for the fourth month running, European Union...
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Poland clocks 3.13 billion euro in privatisation revenue
Poland's Treasury said Thursday that privatisation revenues since
January totalled more than 12.5 billion zloty (3.13 billion euros, 3.9
billion dollars), or half the sum planned for...
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Romanian organisations condemn France's anti-Roma move
Romanian rights groups on Thursday blasted France's decision to tear down Roma camps and expel Roma people who break the law, saying it was a...
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Stronger sales, weaker euro good news for VW
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, benefited from strong sales and
favourable exchange rates as it posted Thursday a second quarter profit
more than four times the previous year's...
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Up to France to decide on Gypsy expulsions: EU
The European Commission said on Thursday that France was free to decide whether to expel Gypsies from other EU states who break the law.
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European road tunnels in worrying state: study
The state of European road tunnels is worrying, a study showed Thursday, listing chronic safety lapses and limited escape route signs that endangered the lives...
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