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US 'concerned' about some countries' direction on WTO talks
- 2008-07-28
GENEVA AFP — The United States is "very concerned" about the direction taken by certain countries at negotiations here on a global trade deal, warning that it could "jeopardise" the outcome of the talks. "We're very much concerned about the direction that a couple of countries are taking," said...
Florida executes man for killing young boy
- 2008-07-01
WASHINGTON AFP — A man convicted for the 1991 rape and murder of an 11-year-old boy was put to death on Tuesday in Starke, Florida, state prison officials said. Mark Dean Schwab, 39, died from lethal injection a year after his execution was put on hold while the US...
World business leaders call for climate action at G8
- 2008-06-20
TOKYO AFP — The heads of more than 80 companies called Friday for the Group of Eight rich nations to set clear mid-term targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would help them make business plans. Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum which holds an...
US, SKorea resume top-level beef trade talks
- 2008-06-17
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States and South Korea resumed high-level talks Tuesday on a US beef import deal that has provoked massive protests in Seoul, shaking the new conservative government. Negotiators were scrambling to resolve the furor over the recent deal on US beef imports that could derail...
SKorea, US try to salvage talks over beef imports
- 2008-06-16
WASHINGTON AFP — US and South Korean negotiators scrambled Monday to salvage a bilateral trade deal threatened by Seoul's push to secure extra safeguards for American beef imports. Agreement is crucial for the government of the pro-US South Korean president, Lee Myung-Bak, who has faced a month of protests...
US, ASEAN trade ministers to discuss market opening efforts
- 2008-04-28
WASHINGTON AFP — US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Monday she would meet Southeast Asian counterparts to review progress of a trade and investment initiative and the Doha Round of global trade talks. The meeting on the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement TIFA...
US warns EU against using environment for protectionism
- 2008-01-21
BRUSSELS AFP — US Trade Representative Susan Schwab warned Europe on Monday against using environmental issues as an excuse for protectionism amid disputes ranging from biotechnology to greenhouse gas emissions. "We have been dismayed at a variety of suggestions where we see climate or the environment being used as...
US speaks 'forcefully' to China on reported film ban: Trade rep
- 2007-12-13
XIANGHE, China AFP — China's reported suspension of US movie imports is a serious issue Washington has raised "forcefully" with its Chinese hosts in trade talks near Beijing, a top US trade official said Thursday. "We have spoken forcefully to our Chinese hosts," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab told...
US downplays trade deal with ASEAN
- 2007-07-23
SINGAPORE AFP — The United States is not ruling out a free-trade agreement FTA with Southeast Asia but it is too early to discuss the issue, Trade Representative Susan Schwab said in remarks published Monday. In an interview with The Straits Times in Singapore, Schwab said Washington was focused...
US warns WTO trade talks at risk of 'hibernation'
- 2007-07-05
CAIRNS, Australia AFP — A top US official warned Thursday that global trade talks risk being stalled for years unless a breakthrough is made this year, as APEC ministers called on all sides to go back to the table. United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab told reporters at a...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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