High powered push for Japan trade deal NZ Herald | It's time to get serious about doing a trade deal with Japan, says free trade and business lobbyists, who say we've been neglecting our relationship with the world's second biggest economy. | A high-powered delegation of senior government and business leaders, including the Prime Minister Helen Cl...
New Zealand's Clark to visit Japan for trade talks Japan Times | New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit Japan from May 13 to 15 for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, and give a keynote address at the Japan New Zealand Partnership Forum, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. | Japanese officials would not confirm details of what Fukuda and Clark wou...
REFILING: S. Korea., New Zealand agree to start talks on FTA+ AOL SEOUL, May 16 (Kyodo) - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark agreed in talks here Friday to begin discussions on establishing a bilateral free trade agreement. | The two leaders "agreed to hold inte...
Clark huddles with Japan over FTA TVNZ May 15, 2008 6:45 AM | New Zealand and Japan are to begin discussions on a free trade agreement. | The breakthrough comes after a meeting between Helen Clark and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo on Wednesday night. | Clark says it has ta...
Japan, N.Z. agree on environment, security, may study free AOL TOKYO, May 14 (Kyodo) - (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) | Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark agreed Wednesday to enhance cooperation in areas such as the environment and security, and touched on th...
Agriculture potential barrier to closer trade ties with Japan NZ Herald | Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Photo / Reuters | Prime Minister Helen Clark will push for closer economic ties when she holds talks today with her Japanese counterpart Yasuo Fukuda today. | However New Zealand's competitive farming and food ...
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SKorea's Lee says US trade pact can pass this year Turkish Press | US President George W. Bush (R) speaks at a press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on April 19. Myung-Bak said on Monday he is confident the US Congress will ...
PM to visit North Asia hoping for more FTAs NZ Herald | Helen Clark | Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit Japan and Korea in the next month with free trade on her mind in the wake of the ground-breaking agreement just signed with Ch...
France calls for farm protectionism The Australian | FRANCE has launched a political campaign to restore food protectionism at the heart of Europe's agriculture policy. | The move has come as food riots erupt in poor countries and ...
New Zealand's Clark to visit Japan for trade talks Japan Times | New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit Japan from May 13 to 15 for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, and give a keynote address at the Japan New Zealand Partnership Forum, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. | Japanese officials woul...
New Zealand Prime Minister Clark to visit Japan on May AOL TOKYO, May 2 (Kyodo) - (EDS: UPDATING WITH CLARK'S STATEMENT AND OTHER DETAILS) | New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit Japan on May 13-15 for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and to give a keynote address at the Japan New Zealand P...
India, China hold G8 options Asia Times | By Sreeram Chaulia | British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reassertion last week that India should be admitted as a full member of the Group of Eight (G8) group of leading industrialized countries is a continuation of his predecessor Tony Blair's m...
Philippines: rice prices softening amid Japan offer, bumper crops Turkish Press | A Bangladesh vendor sells rice from his market stall. The Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, has said prices are softening after Japan offered to sell rice to Manila amid news of bumper world harvests for 2008. | (AFP/File) | The Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, said Friday prices are softening after Ja...
Nikkei hits 4-month closing high, oil shares rise The Times Of India | TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.4 per cent on Wednesday to a four-month closing high as resource-related shares such as Inpex Holdings and trading houses like Mitsubishi Corp jumped on record high oil prices. | The market rose sharply at the start of trade following a four-day weekend but briefly slipped into negative territory in the aftern...
