Tags: trade

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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