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Philippines, E Timor sign agreements
16:18:07, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and visiting East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta have witnessed the signing of three bilateral agreements between their countries.
Fiji interim leader tours China
15:56:51, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is pushing for closer agricultural ties with China's Guangxi province.
Australia, China to work to revive Doha talks
19:11:25, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Australian and Chinese trade ministers will work together to attempt to revive the global trade talks which collapsed last month.
US, South Korean leaders meet
00:45:55, 7 August 2008, Radio Australia News
US President George W Bush says its premature to drop North Korea from his 'axis of evil'.
Australian live cattle exports experience SE Asia boom
14:34:19, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
There's further evidence of a sustained boom in Australian live cattle exports to South East Asia.
PNG business demands action against counterfeit goods
18:47:49, 31 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Business owners and companies in Papua New Guinea are demanding the government acts to stem the wave of counterfeit goods making their way into the country.
Australian PM disappointed in trade talks collapse
11:52:41, 31 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has spoken to the head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy about the collapse of negotiations in the Doha round of trade talks.
Disappointment at collapse of world trade talks
22:32:14, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia and New Zealand have joined other regional trading nations in expressing dismay at the collapse of world trade talks.
Call in Australia for ban on live exports
22:32:13, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian animal welfare group, the RSPCA, has called for cattle and sheep destined for overseas markets to be slaughtered in Australia before being exported.
WTO talks collapse in Geneva
14:34:53, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
After nine days of talks to salvage the Doha global trade pact, the high level summit's broken down - after the United States, China and India failed to compromise on farm import rules.
Record foreign investment in Vietnam
12:20:05, 30 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Vietnam's government says the country has received a record $US45.3 billion in foreign direct investment this year.
First US beef shipment in five years arrives in SKorea
21:13:58, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A shipment of US ribs has arrived in South Korea for the first time in nearly five years under a new import deal which has sparked weeks of massive street protests.
Malaysia moves to stabilise palm oil prices
17:52:22, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Malaysia says it will put in place a series of measures to stabilise plummeting global palm oil prices, including selling off crude stocks.
Fruit exporters settle EU banana import dispute
12:00:18, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Latin American fruit exporters say they have ended the 16-year-old banana war over imports to the European Union.
Trade talks threatened over farming tariffs
09:02:36, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A disagreement between over protectionist measures to save farmers from imports is threatening World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva.
NZ MPs approve China free trade deal
22:13:17, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
New Zealand's historic free trade agreement with China has passed its last parliamentary hurdle.
NZ MPs approve China free trade deal
20:30:19, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
New Zealand's historic free trade agreement with China has passed its last parliamentary hurdle.
Pacific trade ministers in talks
19:39:24, 21 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Trade ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum are meeting in Cook Islands this week, to discuss further ways to expand trade and economic relations in the region.
Fiji sugar company refutes EU deal claims
20:55:10, 10 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji's 'Sugar Marketing Company' has refuted claims its latest sugar supply contract was negotiated with the European Union.
Fiji to trial direct exports to Tuvalu
18:57:38, 9 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Farmers in the Fiji province of Rotuma are hoping to begin direct exports to Tuvalu before the end of the year.
Foreign investors put Fiji projects on hold
18:57:38, 9 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau says 16 foreign investment projects are on hold as a result of the December 2006 coup.
Australia foreign minister tours Vietnam
23:00:40, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith is in Vietnam for a two day visit aimed at boosting business and strategic ties.
Iraqi government sues over 'oil-for-food' program
23:00:40, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Iraqi government is suing Australia's former monopoly wheat exporter and dozens of other companies over the now-discredited United Nations oil-for-food program.
Concerns Fiji-UK sugar deal unsustainable
23:00:39, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
There is growing doubt among Fiji's cane growers they can provide enough sugar to meet contract requirements.
Rio Tinto reaches new iron ore delivery deals
12:21:58, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Anglo-Australian resources giant, Rio Tinto, has announced further price agreements for its iron ore.
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![New Zealand's Tom Ashley beat France's Julien Bontemps and Israel's Shahar Zubari for the gold. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_ashley_afp_200808.jpg "New Zealand's Tom Ashley beat France's Julien Bontemps and Israel's Shahar Zubari for the gold. [AFP]")
![Theresa Tona defends against Vietnam's Thi Ngoc Truc Tran in the opening rounds of the Beijing taekwondo competition. [Jason Pini/Team PNG]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_tona_jpini_200808.jpg "Theresa Tona defends against Vietnam's Thi Ngoc Truc Tran in the opening rounds of the Beijing taekwondo competition. [Jason Pini/Team PNG]")
![Itte Detenamo of Nauru competes in the men's +105kg Group B weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/nauru_detenamo_rtr_190808.jpg "Itte Detenamo of Nauru competes in the men's +105kg Group B weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Reuters]")
