Don’t blame India for Doha talks deadlock, says Sharma Indian Express | Defending India’s stand on the Doha talks, commerce minister Anand Sharma has said it was wrong to blame India for the deadlock in the WTO talks. He said on the contrary, New Delhi was making an effort to re-engage in the multilateral global trade deal. “There has been a deadlock for close to 14 m...
Time to kill off Doha The Guardian | Monday 30 November marks the 10th anniversary of the Battle in Seattle, the day in 1999 when 100,000 protesters took to the streets and prevented the World Trade Organisation from launching its millennium round of free trade talks. The WTO is marki...
WTO ministers to confront faltering Doha The Guardian * WTO conference to avoid formal Doha round negotiations * Trade talks likely on sidelines * Global trade survives crisis without protectionist lurch By Jonathan Lynn GENEVA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Luzius Wasescha, Swiss ambassador to the World Trade Org...
Ashton will change jobs during Doha summit The Observer | Trade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her duties as Europe's new foreign policy chief on 1 December, halfway through a critical summit of world trade ministers in Geneva, and will be without a permanent replacement until February,...
Ashton will change jobs during Doha summit The Guardian | Spokesman says trade commissioner has not yet decided whether to attend crucial World Trade Organisation meeting after her unexpected elevation to foreign policy role | Trade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her duties as Europe's ...
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America Leaves Itself Behind Wall Street Journal | President Obama heads for Asia this week to talk about U.S. economic recovery and reform, and one theme that we expect he'll hear from Asian leaders is this: America is leaving i...
India to sustain and enhance global engagements: Anand Sharma Newstrack India | New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addressed a session on "Reinforcing Economic Imperatives: India's Global Engagements" at the 25th India Econom...
Kevin Rudd to go easier on power industry The Australian | ENERGY Minister Martin Ferguson has signalled the Rudd government will consider further concessions to the electricity industry under an emissions trading scheme, amid fears some...
Early deal for poor states in Doha talks tough-Lamy The Guardian * WTO chief says Doha "early harvest" unlikely * Reiterates need to accelerate Doha negotiations By George Obulutsa DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Poor countries will have to wait for the Doha Round of trade talks to conclude and are unlikely to g...
Ex-WTO chief "mildly optimistic" on Doha round The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may take another world economic downturn to persuade everyone, but there is still a chance the long-running Doha round of world trade talks can be completed, a former WTO head said on Friday. | "I am mildly optimistic if t...
Doha deal possible but needs political shove, trade ministers say Daily Star Lebanon | Monday, September 07, 2009 | - Powered by | Jonathan Lynn | Reuters | | NEW DELHI: A new global commerce deal is within reach if World Trade Organization members are willing to compromise to close the remaining gaps, trade minist...
Dubai debt problems cast shadow over region Philadelphia Daily News | BARBARA SURK | The Associated Press | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world's tallest tower and dreams that reached even higher. | Now the bills are coming due, and the emirate's debt problems are tarnishing a place built on borrowed time and...
Dubai stocks slump to 10-week low Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH/DUBAI: Dubai's index slumped to a 10-week closing low on Tuesday, weighed by a lack of market-moving news ahead of Eid holidays. | Analysts said that investors would be unwilling to open new positions before the Eid Al-Adha break, which begins on Thursday in the Gulf. | In Dubai, key stocks extended losses from earlier in the w...