By Achara Ashayagachat, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 31--Thailand yesterday agreed to start negotiations on a closer economic relations pact with Australia but cautioned the two partners to waltz without stepping on each other's toes. "In...
Bill Clinton and US trade representative Mickey Kantor seem to put less emphasis on economic and political relations with the EC than did the Bush administration. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, other economic policies and defense issues are dBill Clinton and US trade representative Mickey Kantor seem to...
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 8--Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Bahrain early next week to pursue closer economic relations with the oil-rich state. Thailand and Bahrain recently strengthened their bilateral relations with several exchanges of ministers, senior...
September 19, 2000 The President. Good afternoon. Today the Senate voted to pave the way for permanent normal trade relations between the United States and China. This landmark agreement will extend economic prosperity at home and promote economic freedom in China, increasing the prospects for openness in China and...
THE LONG-NEGOTIATED trade agreement signed by the US and China last week is being heralded as a major step for improving global economic cooperation and trade relations. However, the agreement is also sparking much concern about the short- and long THE LONG-NEGOTIATED trade agreement...
SAINT PETERSBURG AFP — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called for a revolution in world economic relations, saying institutions created by the West were "archaic, undemocratic and inflexible." Speaking to an audience of world leaders and top chief executives at a showcase business forum, Putin said the emergence...
KHARTOUM AFP — Chinese President Hu Jintao has agreed on closer economic cooperation with Sudan after sealing talks with a series of trade agreements. "We are now officially economic partners," Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir told reporters before heading into a closed meeting with Hu. The international community has...
BUSAN, South Korea AFP — Eighteen Asian nations have signed an agreement to integrate the continent into a single railway network, moving a step closer to realising a decades-old dream. The inter-governmental agreement on establishing the Trans-Asia Railway TAR network aims to promote trade and balanced development in the world's...
September 2 7, 2007 To the Congress of the United States: I am pleased to transmit legislation and supporting documents to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Agreement. The Agreement represents a historic development in our relations with Peru, and it reflects the commitment of the United...
By Parista Yuthamanop, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 11--Building closer economic integration and reinforcing self-development strategies will be key factors for sustainable economic growth in Asia, according to local economists. Thanong Bidaya, a former finance minister...
HSINCHU, Oct 28 Asia Pulse - President Chen Shui-bian said Monday that Taiwan hopes to forge closer cooperative relations with all Asian countries for the mutual benefit of all. Addressing the opening of the seventh annual meeting of the Asian Science Parks Association ASPA at the government-funded Industrial...
BRISBANE, Oct 24 Asia Pulse - Australia's competition watchdog will seek closer relations with its New Zealand counterpart in the wake of increasingly tangled economic ties between the two countries. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel told a Queensland Press Forum in Brisbane he wanted to...
Economic Value Added is the financial performance measure that comes closer than any other to capturing the true economic profit of an enterprise. Read the article to know more about EVA as an important element in making decision.
It is a real pleasure to have the opportunity to start off a presentation on the U.S. economy with an upbeat message. Virtually every professional forecaster is now in agreement on the meaning of the economic tea leaves or entrails or what divining device they use: The...
M2 PRESSWIRE-20 September 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Remarks by the President on Senate passage of China permanent normal trade relations C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19092000 The James S. Brady Briefing Room THE PRESIDENT:...
By Charoen Kittikanya, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--Despite several challenges ahead, trade negotiators for Thailand and Australia remain upbeat that negotiations on closer economic relations and a free-trade agreement (CER-FTA) will be concluded by June next year....
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 2002-ADB: GMS leaders pledge closer economic and regional cooperation at Historic Summit C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11032002 Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Leaders of six countries along the Mekong River concluded a historic Summit by signing a...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Fighting global terrorism, reinventing America's diplomatic outreach to the world, curbing exports of dual-use technology, expansion of NATO and an initiative to foster closer economic ties among nations of the Western Hemisphere top the priority list of issues for the House International Relations Committee,...
SAO PAULO BEYOND a doubt Mercosur, the South American trade agreement, has made for closer relations among its members. International trade among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay increased from $5 billion in 1991 to $16.9 billion last year, and cross-border investment is growing apace. So...
By Achara Ashayagachat, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 17--A joint Thai-Austrian task force will be set up to map out action plans to boost closer economic and political ties to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two...
