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The following is from the 11 March 2013 edition of American Shipper.Richard Bruton, the Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, is in Washington today to meet with senior Obama administration officials to generate momentum for a free trade agreement between the European Union and the…
Asia has enjoyed a surge in trade in proportion to its economic size, is increasingly involved in global supply chains and has turned to free trade agreements to pursue its trade agenda. The time has come to “multilateralize” those agreements, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy told a conference on…
The following is from a 7 March 2013 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Conference on International Cooperation in 2020 in the Hague on 7 March 2013, said that “economic growth and trade — as a driver of growth — deserve a…
The following is from the 7 March 2013 edition of Journal of Commerce.José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, and Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand’s prime minister, have launched negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Thailand.Karen De Gucht, EU Trade…
The following is excerpted from a 6 March 2013 news release by The Conference Board of Canada.China and Brazil will shine, Europe and Japan will lose ground, and growth in the United States will remain hostage to political confrontations, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s World Outlook…
The following is from the 6 March 2013 edition of American Shipper.The European Commission has delayed implementation of its known consignor rule, a new security law for shippers using air cargo out of Europe, from March 25 to April 29.Once the rule takes effect, only companies listed as known…
The following is excerpted from the 7 March 2013 edition of CBC News.Negotiators from the federal and provincial governments are spending a second week in Brussels for intensive negotiations toward a Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement.The Canada-EU talks were originally supposed to wrap up…
The following is excerpted from a 28 February 2013 news release by OECD.Merchandise trade showed moderate growth in the major economies during the fourth quarter of 2012. Compared to the third quarter, the value of merchandise exports and imports for the G7 and BRICS countries increased by 1.2% and…
The following is from the 26 February 2013 edition of American Shipper.A trade facilitation agreement by the World Trade Organization would benefit the supply chain by reducing trade blockages at borders, according to the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group.Customs procedures are at the heart of such an…