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- Russia slaps ban on US poultry imports
- MOSCOW AFP — Russia is banning imports from 19 US poultry suppliers as of Monday, and considering blacklisting 29 others, due to health concerns, the Russian veterinary control agency said. The ban follows a failure by the 19 businesses to provide test results measuring the levels of antibiotics and...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Brazil's strong currency dampening exports: study
- BRASILIA AFP — Brazil's strong money, the real, is weighing heavily on export companies and on firms trying to compete against cheaper imports, according to an industry study published Wednesday. Two in three companies competing with imported products are losing national market share, and half of those exporting are...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Japan's July trade surplus drops 86.6 percent
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's trade surplus in July fell 86.6 percent to 91.1 billion yen (830 million dollars) from a year ago, the finance ministry said Thursday, as high oil prices drove up the cost of energy imports. It marked the fifth straight month of decline for the trade...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Australia bans exotic cat breed
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia has banned imports of an exotic breed of cat, calling it an extreme risk to the country's native wildlife, a minister said Sunday. So-called "Savannah" cats are a cross between domestic cats and an African wildcat known as the serval. They tend to be spotted...
- Research articles 2008-08-02
- 7. Supplemental tables
- Table 7.1. Selected Per Capita Product and Income Series in Current and Chained Dollars [Dollars] Line ...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- US Congress renews Myanmar import ban legislation
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Congress has voted to renew a legislation banning all imports from military-ruled Myanmar and sent it for President George W. Bush's signature, lawmakers said Thursday. The Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday and by the Senate...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- Simmering beef row heats up SKorea's vegetarian trade
- SEOUL AFP — Food safety fears sparked by South Korea's resumption of US beef imports are a headache for the government but good news for vegetarian restaurants. Restaurants and markets specialising in green and organic food Thursday reported increasing numbers of customers amid two months of protests over the...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Bush to visit South Korea in August as beef protests spread
- WASHINGTON AFP — The White House said Tuesday that President George W. Bush will visit South Korea in August, as pressure builds on his Korean counterpart Lee Myung-Bak to reverse a decision to accept imports of US beef. Bush will visit Seoul on August 5 and 6, just prior...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- To revive Mfg., bank proposes carbon tax on Chinese imports
- Imposing a carbon tax on Chinese imports would lead to a resurgence of the U.S. manufacturing industry, according to a report from Canada's largest banking firm, CIBC World Markets. A carbon tariff on imported goods, "may be the only way developed nations will be able to achieve real cuts in...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- US, SKorea to meet again on troubled beef deal
- WASHINGTON AFP — US and South Korean officials were to set to renew talks Wednesday, an official said Wednesday, as part of an effort to salvage a US beef import deal that has run aground due to massive protests in Seoul. South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon and his...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- US, S.Korea to meet again on troubled beef deal
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States and South Korea were to hold more talks Wednesday to salvage a US beef import deal that has run aground after mass street protests erupted in Seoul, a US spokeswoman said. South Korea halted imports of US beef in 2003 after the first...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- US, SKorea to pursue talks on beef import crisis
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States and South Korea will pursue further talks on a US beef import deal that has provoked massive protests in Seoul and shaken the new conservative government, a US official said Tuesday. Negotiators were scrambling to resolve the furor over the recent deal on...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- RESTRICTIONS ON UKRAINIAN SUNFLOWER OIL IMPORTS.
- The European Commission decided, on 22 May, to fix strict conditions for the import of Ukrainian sunflower oil based on the implementation of a certification system stating that products are not contaminated with mineral oil. Ukrainian authorities will now have to put in place a control...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- Kenya deploys secret service to bust fake medicine trade
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya has deployed its intelligence services to crack down on imports of fake medicines, which account for a third of the country's drugs trade, Medical Services Minister Anyang Nyongo said Wednesday. A recent survey by Kenya's National Quality Control Laboratories and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- SKorea warns against violent street protests
- SEOUL AFP — Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo vowed Tuesday the government would clamp down hard on illegal demonstrations, which he said were becoming increasingly violent ahead of the resumption of US beef imports. His statement at a meeting of cabinet ministers came as Seoul is expected to announce the...
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- SKorean police detain 68 protesters over US beef rally
- SEOUL AFP — Sixty-eight protesters have been detained after participating in street demonstrations against South Korea's decision to resume imports of US beef, police said Monday. Police said 37 people were taken into custody Sunday over an illegal anti-government demonstration following a candle-lit vigil in central Seoul. Another...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- Iran gets shirty over ties
- TEHRAN AFP — A top Iranian customs official has called for imports of ties to be banned because they are "against Iranian culture," the Fars news agency reported on Thursday, amid a crackdown on unIslamic dress. "Imports of some apparel are not banned but serious action should be taken...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- D.C. trade lobby declares tentative victory over Customs' proposal to change duty system
- The powerful trade lobbying community in Washington seems to have been successful in blocking the Customs and Border Protection CBP from moving forward with a plan to change the so-called "first sale" rule on collecting duties on imported products. The latest Farm Bill that will provide $289-billion in subsidies to...
- Research articles 2008-05-16
- SKorea's Lee blames US trade pact opponents for mad cow fears
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's president Thursday accused opponents of a free trade pact of spreading scare stories about the dangers of US beef. Lee Myung-Bak's government is grappling with a series of online and street protests citing mad cow disease concerns, following its decision to resume US beef...
- Research articles 2008-05-07
- The impact of regulations on agricultural trade: evidence from the SPS and TBT agreements
- Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary measures SPS and Technical Barriers to Trade TBTs may play an important role in the conduct of international negotiations. In their July 2006 meeting in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush clashed over the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization WTO, apparently as...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
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