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Calf Aren’t Cheated Anymore, Cow Urine Fetches About $3/Litre [18 Feb 2009]  
Karanagiri, a village 280 kms away from Bangalore, the IT capital of India; people here raise cows to sell their urine and dung, but interestingly not milk. A litre of cow milk is half a dollar in Ind  ...More
Tags: cow urine     calf     bangalore    
South Korea`s President Lee Arrives in Australia – Climate Change, the Main Feature [04 Mar 2009]  
President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak’s arrival to Australia has marked a new beginning in a ‘greenish’ collaboration with Australia, the world leader in carbon capture and sequestration. Lee began  ...More
Tags: south korea    new zealand    asia pacific union    
The US Truck Ban Receives Retribution from Mexico with Higher Tariffs on its Goods [17 Mar 2009]  
The Economy Secretary of Mexico Gerardo Ruiz Mateos stated they would impose higher tariffs on 90 items from the US in retaliation to the last week’s truck ban. The hike in tariffs and the list of goo  ...More
Tags: US     US Truck Ban     Economy Secretary of Mexico    
Africa Clamours for Aid Prior to the G-20 Summit [18 Mar 2009]  
During the Consultative Meeting prior to the G-20 Summit between the leaders of the African nations and the Prime Minister of Britain, Gordon Brown, the African leaders have strongly appealed to relea  ...More
Tags: african     G-20 Summit     africa    
The UAE woos Canada to Boost Trade Ties [20 Mar 2009]  
Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri of the UAE and Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Stockwell Day held a meeting to discuss further strengthening of trade ties between both count  ...More
Tags: minister of economy     canadian minister    
World Water Forum Concludes without Committing Water as a Human Right [23 Mar 2009]  
A week long fifth World Water Forum (WWF) has ended even this time around without giving water the status of ‘basic human right’ to diplomatically avoid the implications of such a statement. Nonethele  ...More
Tags: world water forum     basic human right     wwf    
GCC to Ward off the Fears of Fiscal Deficit, if Current Oil Prices Stay Afloat [13 Apr 2009]  
According to the Middle East oil experts, the current crude prices in the realm of $50/barrel will help GCC to avoid a potential budget deficit as announced by the latest bulletin of the Emirates Indu  ...More
Tags: gcc     oil price     gulf    
S. Korean Parliamentary Committee Approves the US-Korea FTA amid Opposition [24 Apr 2009]  
A South Korean Parliamentary Committee has ratified the FTA with the US in an effort to get it tabled in the parliament for the final vote. The draft will be sent to the plenary session of the parliam  ...More
Tags: korean parliament     foreign affairs    
The EU Foreign Ministers Meet Will Decide the Extension of Myanmar Sanctions [27 Apr 2009]  
At a meeting at Luxembourg today, the foreign ministers of the EU will review whether the three year old sanctions imposed on Myanmar (Burma) to be extended or not. Though there are other key issues t  ...More
Tags: foreign ministers     myanmar    
Canada FTA with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland in Force as Planned [30 Apr 2009]  
The Canadian Minister of International Trade, Stockwell Day has declared the FTA with the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland would com  ...More
Tags: canada     export     FTA    
The US-SACU Trade Deal Hits Roadblock [13 May 2009]  
The Obama administration has categorically stated that they had no interest to move forward with the free trade negotiations with the five-member Southern African Custom Union (SACU) due to the failur  ...More
Tags: Obama administration     free trade    
The EU Likely to Provide Visa-free Travel for Macedonians [26 May 2009]  
According to the European Commission's (EC) assessment report, posted on the official website of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) stated Macedonia had been able to fulfil the required criteria  ...More
Tags: visa     free travel     Eurpoe    
Ethiopian Airlines Expanding its Fleet with Record Profits [05 Jun 2009]  
Ethiopian Airlines’ (EA) whopping profit of about $55.67mn for the first nine months of 2007-08 has enabled them to expand their fleet to accommodate more US tourists’ interest in visiting Ethiopia.  ...More
Tags: Ethiopian airlines     financial news    
Russia Proposes Grain Triangular Union with Ukraine and Kazakhstan [08 Jun 2009]  
At the recently concluded World Grain Forum, Russia showcased a model which is expected to help the grain producers of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to counter price volatility of the world grain mar  ...More
Tags: Russia     Ukraine     world grain forum    
Recession Impacted the UK Defence Exports despite Claims of No. 2 in 2008 [15 Jun 2009]  
In spite of claims of second place in the world on defense equipment export for 2008 and a 17 percent share of the global market, Britain’s defense exports fell marginally over the last five years’ av  ...More
Tags: recession     UK defence exports    
Indo-US FTA will be a Reality if Agriculture is excluded [30 Jun 2009]  
FICCI president Harsh Pati Singhania while concluding his week-long trip to the US stated that instead of waiting for long, it was in the interest of both the countries to move forward with an Indo-US  ...More
Tags: Indo-US     fta     agriculture    
Fake Items are on the Rise in the EU – Seizures Double [13 Jul 2009]  
The European Commission in its latest report stated the customs seizures of fake goods have grown by about 125 percent in 2008 from the previous year. It said China maintained its position as the majo  ...More
Tags: European commission     Cigarettes     NAFDAC    
Benin will be a Rice Exporting Nation under the FAO Guidance [16 Jul 2009]  
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) press release, Benin has the potential to become self-sufficient rice exporting nation in the coming years owing to its produc  ...More
Tags: Benin     FAO     WARDA    
The EU Agency Rejects Hype on Health Claims of Food Products [21 Jul 2009]  
The EU’s food safety agency EFSA has rejected the claims of about 65 food products of their unproven health benefits through its scientific investigation. The EFSA’s (European Food Safety Authority) f  ...More
Tags: EU Agency     food products    
Venezuela, a One-time Coffee Exporter Turns Importer [23 Jul 2009]  
Venezuela’s dismal harvest in 2008-09 has placed one of the coffee-dependent nations in terms of production and consumption to look out for supplies from outside for the first time after independence.  ...More
Tags: Venezuela     Coffee Export    
Slowdown and Piracy Sink Suez Canal Revenues [27 Jul 2009]  
Suez Canal, Egypt’s major foreign currency earner and world's busiest international trade routes has slashed its revenue by 7.2 percent owing to decline in traffic triggered by global economic crisis  ...More
Tags: Suez canal     Egypt     foreign currency    
ASEAN-China FTA May Hit the Indonesian Roadblock [28 Jul 2009]  
Indonesian Textile Association (API) warned that the China-ASEAN FTA in the present form would not be accepted, and appealed not to overlook industry needs. Deputy Chairman of API, Ade Sudrajat said d  ...More
Tags: ASEAN     China     FTA     SNI    
Cambodia Aims to Cut Lobster Imports Within Five Years [04 Aug 2009]  
Cambodian government has launched a massive lobster hatching program to reduce dependence on imports. According to the Cambodia’s Department of Fisheries, the project initiated by the government will  ...More
Tags: Cambodia     fish     imports    
Trinidad and Tobago Hopeful of Trade Deal with Canada [13 Aug 2009]  
During a seminar held at St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Carl Francis, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry of T&T said the trade partnership with Canada would make the c  ...More
Tags: Canada     FTA     T&T     SAWP    
Peru to be the World Leader of Coca Production in Two Years [18 Aug 2009]  
The significant increase in acreage of coca cultivation and production of Peru will likely usurp Columbia from its throne as the largest coca producer in the world by 2011. In recent times, Colombia h  ...More
Tags: Peru     coca     coca leaf     Columbia    
Malaysia-EU Timber Trade Deal by Year End [19 Aug 2009]  
The European Union (EU) and Malaysia are planning to conclude the bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to promote trade of the legitimately produced and harvested Malaysian timber by end of  ...More
Tags: Malaysia     Europe     EU     EC     VPA     FLEGT    
UN Program Helps Haiti to Combat Food Shortage [21 Aug 2009]  
According to the UN press release, a scheme intended to improve food security of Haiti and thereby lower food prices has come to fruition with considerable increase in the income of the country’s farm  ...More
Tags: UN     FAO     IFAD     food    
Indian Commerce Ministry Releases New Foreign Trade Policy [27 Aug 2009]  
India’s new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) which released today has provided incentives to labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, handicrafts, leather and gems and jewellery. The policymakers had to s  ...More
Tags: India     trade     FTP     America    
Pakistan Cashes in on Libyan Anniversary to Promote Trade [02 Sep 2009]  
The Pakistani delegation headed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has fully utilized the opportunity provided by the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution (Al-Fateh) to facilitate bilateral tie  ...More
Tags: Pakistan     GSP     FTA    
New Banking Software to Make Life Easy for SMEs Worldwide [03 Sep 2009]  
In a recent press release by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the export development agency of the WTO and the UN, has informed that it had launched a software to assess the credit worthiness of  ...More
Tags: bank     SME     ITC     UNOG     finance    
Jordan Completes Formalities on FTA with Iraq [04 Sep 2009]  
Jordanian Prime Minister Nader al-Dahabi’s sudden visit to Iraq has culminated in the signing of the much awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Iraq. He was received at the Baghdad Airport by Iraqi  ...More
Tags: FTA     Jordan     Iraq    
Poor Agri-Infrastructure Fail Nigerian Fruit Exports [16 Sep 2009]  
Lack of sustainable infrastructure to support farm products in Nigeria has caused inadequate supply of fruits in the market during the month of Ramadan despite having large farmlands. Nigerian fruit t  ...More
Tags: Nigeria     Fruit Exports     FAO    
Ethiopia to be the Cynosure of African Trade [18 Sep 2009]  
The multi-million dollar Africa International Trade Centre which is coming up at Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa is expected to transform the country to be the trade hub of the African continent. The  ...More
Tags: Ethiopia     Africa     AEC     EU     AACCSA     AU    
EU Allays Fears of Italian Auto Industry over S-Korean FTA [22 Sep 2009]  
The EU trade commissioner informed Italian industry representatives that the Italian economy would stand to gain from the FTA with South Korea - which is expected to come into effect from July 2010. T  ...More
Tags: EU     FTA     South Korea     Italy    
Negotiations on Indo–Australian FTA Soon [29 Sep 2009]  
The Indian origin Australian high commissioner during his recent visit to India said the negotiations on the proposed FTA would begin after governments of both the countries examine the feasibility st  ...More
Tags: India     Australia     FTA     natural gas    
Suriname Hopes to Woo Investors at Caribbean Maritime Meet [14 Oct 2009]  
The 39th General Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) in Paramaribo, Suriname has well become a platform to attract more business opportunities and improve the rating of the Suri  ...More
Tags: Caribbean    CSA    CARIFORUM    EPQ    CARICOM    
Sustainable Seafood Labelling to Provide Details on Origin [16 Oct 2009]  
The recently passed bill by the state of California on Sustainable Seafood Labelling (SSL) will provide consumers an opportunity to identify where the seafood is sourced and how it is produced. Under  ...More
Tags: SSL    MBA    PCFFA    Seafood    FAO    
Trade is Top Priority to Pakistan Now [20 Oct 2009]  
Reeling under the bogey of growing militancy and terrorism, Pakistan is making a fresh effort to engage with countries which are interested to do business with them. The recent engagements with Cuba,  ...More
Tags: FTA    LOTTE    EU    Trade    Pakistan    KEPCO    
Relaxation on Remittances Needed to Help African Families [21 Oct 2009]  
In a report by a UN Agency urged countries to remove restrictions and costly fees on remittances imposed on the $40bn that the migrant workers of Africa send home each year. The report prepared by Int  ...More
Tags: IFAD    AfDB    FDI    G8 group    
EU Releases Funds to ASEAN in a Bid to Fight Piracy [22 Oct 2009]  
The European Commission (EC), the executive branch of the EU has provided $6.7mn to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to combat the threat of intellectual property (IP) violations in  ...More
Tags: EU    ASEAN    EC    election    IP    FTA    India    China    
Plans of Asia-Pacific Integration through Single Currency [27 Oct 2009]  
Asian leaders have once again brought up the idea of common currency at the 4th East Asia Summit (EAS) which opened on Sunday, where ASEAN members along with others including China, Japan, South Korea  ...More
Tags: Asia-Pacific    EAS    China    Japan    South Korea    India    
India Plans to Boost Its Industry through New Defence Policy [28 Oct 2009]  
In an apparent attempt to engage domestic players into its main stream of defence production, India has released the new Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) that would enable the Indian firms to make  ...More
Tags: India    Defence    DPP    JV    RfP    MOD    
Bahrain MPs Plump for Snapping Ties with Israel [29 Oct 2009]  
Despite strong opposition from the government, the Bahraini lawmakers have passed a bill to totally disconnect with Israel which includes travel and trade. The bill needs clearance by the consultative  ...More
Tags: Bahrain    Israel    FTA    US    AFP    
Collective Effort Needed to Stop Illegal Ivory Trade [02 Nov 2009]  
It is evident now that the two decades of a law to ban poaching of elephants has done very little to stop illegal trade of ivory which is going on unabated particularly in Africa, and many other parts  ...More
Tags: CITES    IFAW    IFWW    UN    UK    Qatar    
EU Cuts Canadian Seafood Tariff – No Verdict on Seal Ban Yet [03 Nov 2009]  
The European Union (EU) has indicated there would be some modification to the current tariff structure to ease the pressure off the already vexed Canadian seafood producers. The significant change to  ...More
Tags: EU    Canada    Seafood    ATRQ    
New Shipping Invention to Empower Fruit Exporters [04 Nov 2009]  
Fruits can now reach farther markets as a leading shipping company has introduced StarCare, a new generation of Controlled Atmosphere (CA) containers which would preserve the fruits from ripening and  ...More
Tags: CA    fruit exporter    food market    StarCare    
Karzai Seeks Islamic Trade Ties to End Afghan Crisis [10 Nov 2009]  
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai while speaking at the 25th anniversary of the Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) summit, appealed to the attendees that his country was lookin  ...More
Tags: Islamic Trade    Afghan    OIC    COMCEC    NATO    Turkey    
Malaysia and China Prepare Road Map for Future Growth [11 Nov 2009]  
The Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived on Tuesday in Malaysia to commemorate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties between both countries, and met Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun A  ...More
Tags: Malaysia    China    WCEF    economy    
UID and RTE of India to be the Largest Eco-friendly Projects [12 Nov 2009]  
India would be spending in excess of $100bn on its two ambitious projects, Unique Identification cards (UID cards) and Right to Education (RTE) program in the next five years. The country’s UID projec  ...More
Tags: UID    RTE    eco friendly    UID cards    
UN Urges Online Haves to Chip in to the World Food Basket [18 Nov 2009]  
The UN is pinning hopes on its “A Billion for a Billion” campaign, which appeals internet users to donate $1.50 or €1 a week to combat global  ...More
Tags: UN    world food basket    internet    WFP    FDI    
India Awaits Major Surge in Investments from the GCC [23 Nov 2009]  
The Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa told the 12th Industrialists’ Conference, organised by the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting that her country was expecting a surge in in  ...More
Tags: India    investment    GCC    Qatar    FDI    
Canada Aims to Feed the Growing Seafood Appetite of Asia [24 Nov 2009]  
The Canadian fish industry is agog over capturing the new emerging markets of Asia through aggressive promotion programs in spite of competition from ASEAN fishing industry. The Canadian fishing indus  ...More
Tags: Canada    Seafood    Asia    fish industry    China    ASEAN    
China Advises to Maintain Quality Instead of Blindly Pursuing Profit [26 Nov 2009]  
As to stimulate its frail brand value, one of China’s business heads said that while entering the ASEAN market, the Chinese enterprises should abide by local industry regulations and establish sound r  ...More
Tags: China    CABC    CAFTA    ASEAN    FTA    Business Council    
Russia to Lead Gas Exporters – Reinforces its Position [10 Dec 2009]  
Leonid Bokhanovsky, a board member and the first vice president of the leading engineering-construction company Stroitransgaz of Russia has been chosen as the General Secretary of the Gas Exporting Co  ...More
Tags: Russia    GECF    gas exports    Iran    India    
Scotch Whisky Exports Keep the Spirits Up [11 Dec 2009]  
According to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) the exports of Scotch whisky reached the positive mark by the end of September despite a poor performance in the first quarter. The association is conf  ...More
Tags: Scotch    whisky    SWA    Scotch Whisky Association    France    
EU Phyto Sanitary Recognition to Boost Mexican Exports [15 Dec 2009]  
The EU has recognized Mexico’s SENASICA as a regulatory authority of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS). The SENASICA or the National Service for Animal Health, Food Safety, and Agricultural an  ...More
Tags: Eu    Mexico    SENASICA    SPS    PROTLCUEM    FTA    
Argentina Sees Remarks by US Envoy as Political Posturing [18 Dec 2009]  
The US Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela’s recent visit to Argentina did not pan out as expected after he quoted the US businessmen had raised investment doubts over  ...More
Tags: Argentina    US    Chile    terrorism    drug trafficking    
USDA Releases Details on Funds for Emerging Markets Program [21 Dec 2009]  
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that 91 agricultural trade promotion projects had been allocated $8.2m for the fiscal 2009 to promote overseas market access for the US food and a  ...More
Tags: US    USDA    EMP    agricultural products    Africa    TIRF    
Fading Memories of Vendetta and Resolve to Coexist Transform Rwanda [22 Dec 2009]  
Rwanda has become a model to many countries of endless conflicts to perceive the significance of reconciliation and co-existence. The former US President, Bill Clinton’s proposal does not become rhet  ...More
Tags: US    HIV    AIDS    Rwanda    Sweden    Finland    
S-Korea Plans 2nd Capital City with Incentives to Investors [05 Jan 2010]  
The changed plans for Sejong city, located about 130kms south of Seoul, from administrative township to a science-business one will take off after a nod from the parliament with incentives for all est  ...More
Tags: S-Korea    PMO    FEZ     free economic zone    Sejong    
US Farm Bureau Laments Trade Deal Delays Ahead of Annual Meet [08 Jan 2010]  
An official of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the largest farm organization in the US said delays by Obama administration to strike trade deals with potential countries and blocs were cau  ...More
Tags: US    AFBF    Barack Obama    trade    FTA    agriculture    ASEAN    
NZ Islamic Fed Questions Indonesian Halal Credentials [11 Jan 2010]  
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) has objected to the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI)’s move to make mandatory obtaining halal from the councils own certification before  ...More
Tags: NZ    Indonesia    FIANZ    New Zealand    MUI    Malaysia    
Myanmar Will Bring China and India Closer by Reopening Old Route [13 Jan 2010]  
According to sources, Myanmar has agreed to honour a long standing need of the region by re-opening the Stilwell Road to facilitate trade among China, India and Myanmar. At the recently concluded 5th  ...More
Tags: Myanmar    China    India    fruit    grain    vegetable    textile    
Chavez Devaluation Missile Ravages French Retail Chain [19 Jan 2010]  
Exito, a joint French-Colombian supermarket chain, has fallen prey to this month’s Venezuelan currency devaluation policy, which warned action against any firm that involved in speculative price hikes  ...More
Tags: French    commerce    business    economy    
What to Eat - Farmed or Wild Salmon - Debate Rages on [20 Jan 2010]  
It is a well known fact that salmon is the most sought after fish for its delicacy status and health benefits. Consequently, salmon is also the most farm-raised fish with its high demand and lucrative  ...More
Tags: CNN    PCB    EWG    NFI    BCSFA    business    
FIFA and SA Allay Fears over World Cup Security [28 Jan 2010]  
The president of South Africa (SA) Jacob Zuma and the FIFA's secretary general Jérôme Valcke at separate occasions informed there was no security threat to the forthcoming football (soccer) World Cup  ...More
Tags: FIFA    SA    South Africa    World Cup    WEF    Germany    
Russia to be Less Reliant on Food Imports [08 Feb 2010]  
According to RIA Novosti, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has approved a plan to boost domestic food production and reduce the country's dependence on imports. Russia plans to enhance its foo  ...More
Tags: Russia    food imports    grain export    India    China    
UK Staple Food Shifts to French, Indian and Mexican Ones [09 Feb 2010]  
The British bread that donned the role of ubiquitous easy-carry meal to an industrialized world is giving way to a variety of food items like the French croissants, the Indian Chapattis and the Mexica  ...More
Tags: UK    food    India    Mexico    New York    
US-Mexico Truck Dispute Enters Hope Highway [10 Feb 2010]  
A meeting between two top government representatives from the US and Mexico suggests the Obama administration’s revocation of the pilot program will be lifted soon to end the one year old trade spat.  ...More
Tags: US    Mexico    economy    NAFTA    agriculture    
Nigeria Offers Free Land and Tax Holiday to Indian Investors [11 Feb 2010]  
The Governor of Borno state of Nigeria Ali Mudu Sheriff while attending the 3rd Nigeria - India Business & Investment Forum (NIBIF 2010) announced that his state would be providing free land and tax r  ...More
Tags: Nigeria    India    NIPC    economy    GCMMF    milk powder    
GCC Becomes the Largest Food Importer [17 Feb 2010]  
According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the GCC is the biggest importer of food in the world by buying more than 90 percent of its total needs. The GCC’s very high reliance on external food s  ...More
Tags: GCC    WTO    food importer    BMI    UAE    
New Nature-friendly Plastics to Revolutionize Global Industry [23 Feb 2010]  
A versatile bio-degradable plastic being developed by a group of scientists at the Imperial College London is all set to transform the packaging industry as well as the healthcare. According to the r  ...More
Tags: plastics    industry    EPSRC    food    agriculture    
Migrant Workers Fuel e-Wallet Growth in the Gulf [24 Feb 2010]  
The current mobile phone finance players and aspiring entrants are vying among one another to extract a higher share of the future market of mobile payments, the latest mode of payment among migrant w  ...More
Tags: fuel    Gulf    VAS    business    Sweden    
Removal of Ban on Beef Imports by Australia Sets off Dissent [02 Mar 2010]  
Protectionism versus safety took the centre stage of debate between the Rudd administration and the domestic beef industry along with the main opposition while the Australian government declared the r  ...More
Tags: beef import    Australia    FSANZ    Canada    BSE    
WTO Could be a Stage to Resolve Google-China Faceoff [04 Mar 2010]  
At the behest of Google, the Obama administration is reviewing the options of complaining to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the Chinese censorship of Google Inc., the search engine powerhouse  ...More
Tags: WTO    Google    China    IAF    trade    internet    
Washington Apple Industry Eyes Larger Share of Asian Markets [12 Mar 2010]  
An apple industry head from the US said Washington apples had great future in the Asian markets including Iraq, Iran, India, and even China as they were tastier and of higher quality than the ones whi  ...More
Tags: Washington    Apple    Asia    US    WAC    AMFI    
Developing Nations Follow Rich - Pile up Arms with New Lucre [17 Mar 2010]  
According to a new study, the emerging economies of Latin America as well as South Asia are amassing arms to improve their defence status with their new earnings delivered by globalization. In the pas  ...More
Tags: Latin America    SIPRI    Germany    France    Russia    
EU Embarrassed by Report on Exports of Torture Equipment [18 Mar 2010]  
The EU which insists on stringent enforcement of human rights in every trade deal has found itself cornered by the recent jointly released report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Founda  ...More
Tags: EU    export    Belgium    Cyprus    Italy    Finland    Malta    
Fairtrade Enters Gold Market with New Standard [19 Mar 2010]  
The Fairtrade Foundation, a market-based social organization has announced that it had jointly developed a gold standard with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a coalition of individuals and  ...More
Tags: ARM    A&S    FLO    F&F    gold    jewellery    
Cameroon Pet Fishers Start to Earn More via WB-backed Project [01 Apr 2010]  
A sustainable aquaculture program developed by the World Fish Centre (WFC) with the sponsorship from the World Bank (WB) is bringing about a change among the ornamental fishing communities of Cameroon  ...More
Tags: Cameroon    fish    WFC    World Bank    Africa    Gulf    
US-Nigeria Aims to Ameliorate Ties by Broad-based Accord [05 Apr 2010]  
The US and Nigeria would be attempting to upgrade its diplomatic ties through a historic comprehensive commission pact to be signed on Wednesday in New York. The bi-national commission agreement comes  ...More
Tags: US    Nigeria    AGOA    TIFA    Africa    
China will continue to Spur Its Firms to Invest in Vanuatu [13 Apr 2010]  
Prime Minister of Vanuatu Edward Natapei met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at Beijing in honour of latter’s invitation. Natapei’s 6-day visit to China is expected give added fillip to the already strong  ...More
Tags: China    Vanuatu    Africa    Beijing    
Kenya Names Bamboo as Wonder Food – Imparts Skills to Farmers [14 Apr 2010]  
The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) and other groups are helping farmers to become compliant to a government order by supplanting eucalyptus trees to more versatile bamboos. According to the  ...More
Tags: Kenya    bamboo    food    Kefri    biotechnology    
India Scales up Vegetable Exports by 70 Percent [19 Apr 2010]  
In a data presented by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India, Jyotiraditya M Scindia concluded that country’s vegetable exports are showing stupendous growth since last year. According  ...More
Tags: India    vegetable    export    APEDA    EICDGI&S    FTP    
UN Report Warns Neglect of Water and Sanitation to Nullify Progress [22 Apr 2010]  
According to a UN study on water and sanitation, the economic growth of every country is directly linked to its progress made in providing potable water and sanitation facilities. It says there is str  ...More
Tags: UN    MDGs    WHO    GLAAS    WASH    UNICEF    water    
Oman-France Eco-tourism Foray on Course despite Deferment [11 May 2010]  
A workshop on 'green architecture and eco-tourism' will be held in Oman between 15 May and 17 May after becoming one of the many casualties to Iceland's volcanic ashes which disrupted air-travel last  ...More
Tags: Eco-Tourism     Ecology     Oman     France    
Indo-Israeli FTA Talks to Ride on Equal Trade Opportunities [18 May 2010]  
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion as both sides find the future partner with complementa  ...More
Tags: Israel     FTA     trade     tariff     bilateral     India    
China Initiates Huge Private Participation in Energy Sector [19 May 2010]  
Last week China has announced that it would accept public bidding for national oil reserve projects, indicating that the government is planning private participation in energy domain to cut state's so  ...More
Tags: China     India     Trade     Fuels     Privatization    
Mosquito-feasting Plants May Well Be the Answer [21 May 2010]  
A Ugandan scientific team is believed to have discovered an eco-friendly method to eradicate mosquitoes. The team headed by Prof. Jasper Okeng of the Pharmacology department of Makerere University is  ...More
Tags: Uganda     malaria     mosquito     Africa    
GCC Puts Oil and Gas Exports at $18.3tn [24 May 2010]  
The head of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) while addressing the second day of the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) Forum in Dubai said with the presumption of average oil  ...More
Tags: GCC     oil     stock     crude     finance     Dubai    
Global Infrastructure Deficit Pegged at $2Trillion Per Annum [25 May 2010]  
The World Economic Forum’s Positive Infrastructure Report (PIR) finds that world faces a global infrastructure deficit of US$2 trillion per year over the next 20 years. The report analyses the four la  ...More
Tags: WEF     Economy     Infrastructure    
World Oceans Day 2050 would be a Fishless Celebration [30 May 2010]  
According to a recent UN report, the World Oceans Day June 8 designated and celebrated by the UN since last year would be a fishless one in 2050 if the fishing industry failed to restructure itself. T  ...More
Tags: Fish     World Oceans Day     Fishing    
NZ Reveals Game Plan on FTAs and Bilateral Trade Pacts [02 Jun 2010]  
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's address while laying the groundwork for the FTA talks with Russia has unveiled a strategy that his country would possibly be effecting the early mover advantage  ...More
Tags: WTO     FTA     Trade     Commerce     Russia    
Financial and Banking Methodology Helps Cambodia to Sustain [10 Jun 2010]  
Cambodia's World Bank country manager Qimiao Fan on Tuesday said that Cambodia’s financial and banking regulations have assisted the country to sustain during the tumultuous times of global economic u  ...More
Tags: Cambodia     World Bank     CDCF     Finance    
Afghan Serendipity Exposes US Interests in Business of War [15 Jun 2010]  
It was always a mystery why most military powers constantly attempted to occupy often portrayed derelict Afghanistan, but with the latest discovery of the country being seated over more than $1tn prec  ...More
Tags: Afghanistan     US     War     Mineral     Metals    
Lewis Turning Point of Chinese Economy May Improve Quality [21 Jun 2010]  
The recent strikes at Honda and other factories in China for pay hike have to be construed as the fallout of the dearth in obtaining 'qualified' workers and the rapidly changing mores of the Chinese w  ...More
Tags: China     Labout Force     Skills     Growth    
Airline Introduces iTicketing with Apple iPad Kiosks [24 Jun 2010]  
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in collaboration with SITA, an air transport technology major, has installed iPad kiosks at the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral), to simplify flyers’ travelling needs. The ini  ...More
Tags: Malaysia Airlines     Apple     iPad     Flight    
Jabulani Controversy May Favour Dwindling Pakistani Exports [02 Jul 2010]  
The hullabaloo over Jabulani, the official FIFA World Cup football may help the failing exports of Pakistan if the soccer governing body opted for Pakistan’s hand-stitched footballs over the Chinese t  ...More
Tags: FIFA     Soccer     World Cup 2010     Jabulani     Football    
EU Prez Tours West Balkans to Assuage Fears on EU Accession [06 Jul 2010]  
The European Union President Herman Van Rompuy has made a whirlwind trip to the Western Balkan states starting from Slovenia through Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo to demonstrate the Union's commitment fo  ...More
Tags: EU     Balkan States     Croatia     Finance     Europe    
EAC Common Market Likely to Slash Cost of Consumables [12 Jul 2010]  
The East African Common Market (EACM) which came into force on July 1 is expected reduce prices of household items as the new 'competitive' market environment will trigger some price shake-up on many  ...More
Tags: EACM     EAC     Uganda     East African Business Week    
Indo-Pak Ties - The Chokepoint for Indian Exports to Afghan [19 Jul 2010]  
The trade treaty signed on Sunday between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a major embarrassment to the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the deal conspicuously disallows Indian exp  ...More
Tags: Indo-Pak     Afghan     Exports     Clinton     Commerce    
Your Drink Can Help Some Farmers Get Living Wages [27 Jul 2010]  
TransFair USA, a non-profit organization and a third-party certifier of Fair Trade (FT) products in the US has now launched FT-labelled vodka which ensures farmers from Bolivia to fetch commensurate e  ...More
Tags: TransFair     Vodka     Bolivia     Malawi    
Aviation Industry Lengthens Trajectory in Africa [09 Aug 2010]  
Renewed confidence in the African economic renaissance, most international airlines are on an expansion mode in the African continent to meet the growing demands of a prospective travel and freight ma  ...More
Tags: Aviation     Africa     British Airways     Belgian    
US Trade Delegation Makes SOS Trip to Columbia [11 Aug 2010]  
More than 100 industrialists from the US are touring Columbia to identify potential areas of trade, and maximize their business prospects under the new regime before it is too late as the new presiden  ...More
Tags: US     Columbia     Trade     Canada     FTA    
Dubai Free Zone Firms Pick up Pace on Global Recovery Cues [24 Aug 2010]  
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its latest release said that the firms within Dubai's free zones had traded $30.5bn worth of exports and re-exports last year to register a whopping 40.7  ...More
Tags: Dubai     Jebel Ali     DAFZ     Ras Al Khaimah     Gulf    
Investment Threshold Makes Ghana No Entry for Businesses [30 Aug 2010]  
An analysis on investments in Ghana finds that an old law is restricting foreign investments to that country as it prescribes unreasonable minimum investment limit while leaving out domestic ones from  ...More
Tags: Ghana     ECOWAS     Nigeria     Exports     Africa    
S-Korea Bags another Deal in Latin America - FTA with Peru [01 Sep 2010]  
After holding seven rounds of talks in past 18 months, South Korea has decided to sign an FTA with Peru to fuel its ambitions in South America. The latest trade pact for Asia's fourth-largest economy  ...More
Tags: ASEAN     EFTA     South Korea     Asia     Commerce    
UNIDO gives Fillip to West African Economy [02 Sep 2010]  
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is understood to have decided to chart out plans to boost trade partnership within West Africa. The UNIDO Director Felix Ugbor laid out t  ...More
Tags: UNIDO     AGM     West Africa     Nigeria     ECOWAS    
China Opens Trade Show with Equalitarian Investment Outlook [08 Sep 2010]  
The Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping officially launched the annual international fair by raising a symbolic "golden key" to open the exhibition hall at Xiamen in the southeast Fujian Province. At th  ...More
Tags: China     Xi Jinping     CIFIT     WTOGPA    
Global Amphibian Trade Thrives on Porous Legal Framework [10 Sep 2010]  
An interview on WOMM-LP, a non-commercial community radio station based in the US, between leading amphibian experts has disclosed - along with the trade and consumption of frogs and other related liv  ...More
Tags: WOMM-LP     Frogs     Eco-system     Amphibians    
EU-CARIFORUM EPA Remains a Slow Starter [14 Sep 2010]  
A study claims that the objective of meeting economic growth in the Caribbean region has not been met even after two years of signing the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Caribbea  ...More
Tags: CARIFORUM     CaPRI     CIGI     EU     Caribbean    
Senegal Pitches for Tourism Impetus via Atlanta [23 Sep 2010]  
El Hadji Aziz Gueye, the tourism director of Senegal while surprising the Atlanta's mayor Kasim Reed by informing about the shifting of its office to Atlanta from New York two weeks ago has evoked the  ...More
Tags: Senegal     Africa     Dakar     Africa    
EU Lenifies Farmers by Acquiescing in Release of Feed Stocks [28 Sep 2010]  
The European Commission in a bid to check rising feed costs has decided to release about 3mn tonnes of grain from the EU’s intervention stocks. Most European farmers except from Germany have incurred  ...More
Tags: EU     Feed stocks     FNP    
US Adds Malaysia in Trans-Pacific Partnership for FTA Talks [06 Oct 2010]  
Tired of Doha Rounds being reduced to lip service, the US is closing in on more countries for economic partnership in the Asia-Pacific region to fulfil Obama's export-oriented mission. As a chip off,  ...More
Tags: Malaysia     FTA     International Trade     US    
Kenya Packages Tourism as a Key Source of Economic Growth [11 Oct 2010]  
According to industry observers, the Kenyan tourism is experiencing a windfall in business this year after declining consecutively for last two years with political instability and global meltdown. La  ...More
Tags: Kenya     Tourism     Revenues     GDP     Africa    
Swiss Banks Thrive despite Reversals in Client Secrecy [18 Oct 2010]  
Latest report indicates Swiss private banks resisted client secrecy censures by the US, France and Germany to attract more than 50bn francs ($53bn) of assets since the end of 2007. According to data c  ...More
Tags: Swiss     UBS     Francs     Bloomberg     Banking    
Afro-Asian Efforts on to Rein in Illegal Rhino Horn Trade [22 Oct 2010]  
According to the TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, South Africa and Viet Nam will jointly create strategies to curb the growing illegal trade in rhinoceros horn. SA has the largest rhino  ...More
Tags: Rhino Horn Trade     Rhino     Viet Nam     Africa    
Oil out GM Crops In - In a Bid to Control World [25 Oct 2010]  
A big ticket inter-governmental project on a genetically modified (GM) crop trials are about to begin in five African countries amidst promises of higher yield out of crops grown under below par condi  ...More
Tags: Genetically Modified     Gene Ethics     Crops    
World Dairy Summit Concludes on Sustainability Mantra [12 Nov 2010]  
The World Dairy Summit which attracted about 2000 or so delegates from 70 countries has wound up the four-day conference with bold sustainability agenda coupled with lowering greenhouse emissions. Sev  ...More
Tags: Dairy NZ Climate Protest Fonterra    
Canadian Minister Discounts Asian Trade Ties [12 Nov 2010]  
In a most stunning manner international trade minister of Canada informed the cabinet that the country’s economic future remained mostly tied to the US — not to Asia or emerging economies. A position  ...More
Tags: Canada FTA Loan Asia US    
Fairtrade Refutes Charges of Its Affiliate Farmers No Better [12 Nov 2010]  
The Fairtrade Foundation has hit back at the criticism of its products had failed to lift the farmers out of poverty by a think-tank stating that such claims were baseless. The Institute of Economic A  ...More
Tags: Fairtrade Cadbury Starbucks Crowther Mali    
World Congress of Accountants views Islamic Economic Model more Sustainable [12 Nov 2010]  
Most accountant professionals from different parts of the world at the World Congress of Accountants (WCOA 2010) held at Kuala Lumpur has concluded that the Islamic financial system was more resilient  ...More
Tags: Islamic Finance Malaysia WCOA Accountants    
Terror Fear to Step-up Middle East Spend on Security Systems [18 Nov 2010]  
According to an industry expert, the increasing fear of terror strikes is compelling public as well as private sector in the Middle East to enhance their outlay on security systems and related technol  ...More
Tags: Security Systems    Gulf    Middle East    Intersec    
Competitive Consumable Prices can Enhance Fiji Tourism [25 Nov 2010]  
A consumer group has informed Fiji government that exorbitant prices of tourism products and services were discouraging tourist and transport operators. According to the tourism industry, Fiji is targ  ...More
Tags: Fiji     Tourism     SME     New Zealand     Australia    
Monaco Devises programs to Garner Indian Travel Market share [26 Nov 2010]  
The tourism department of Monaco in collaboration with the Indian respective office has concluded five-day long programs including road shows at the two major cities of India to promote Monaco as a pr  ...More
Tags: Rolex Masters    Monaco    Grand Prix    F1    India Tourism    
Small Biz Sat Debuts in US to Beat Click Buying and Chain Stores [30 Nov 2010]  
The American Express’s initiative to aid local small businesses to compete with online and chain stores with the slogan of Small Business Saturday on 27 Nov has shown new direction in sales. To stop e  ...More
Tags: American Express     Black Friday     Cyber Monday     SME    
US-Korea FTA Likely to Dent Japanese Exports [06 Dec 2010]  
The US which has turned a price sensitive market especially post global recession will be an advantageous terrain for South Korean goods over the Japanese ones following the ratification of the FTA be  ...More
Tags: US FTA     South Korea     Japan Trade     Asia     Business    
Chinese Yuan Expanding Rapidly to Become Global Reserve Currency [08 Dec 2010]  
According to the People’s Bank of China, the trade transactions settled between June and November in Chinese currency is to the tune of 340bn yuan ($51bn). In a bid to make yuan a global reserve curre  ...More
Tags: Global Reserve Currency    Yuan    Renminbi    Finance    
AMED Meet Makes Thailand a Venue for Asian Integration [15 Dec 2010]  
The ongoing 3rd Asia and Middle East Dialogue (AMED III) which is held at Bangkok has catapulted Thailand as a major business hub in the continent. The meeting scheduled between 15 and 16 December att  ...More
Tags: AMED     GCC     Gulf     Trade     Thailand     Middle East    
US Rice Farmers Let down by South Korea FTA [23 Dec 2010]  
A senior official from the US Rice Federation informed in an interview that the recent FTA between the US and South Korea had been a disappointment. While speaking to the Farm Press, Bob Cummings, sen  ...More
Tags: Rice     Grain Trade     US Farmers     Agriculture     FTA    
Hawala Scare Grips Malaysia Flight of Capital Hurts Economy [28 Dec 2010]  
A recent surge in illegal money transfers to the tune of several billions of USD each year has become a serious concern of the Malaysian central bank as it is feared that it may negatively impact the  ...More
Tags: Central Bank     Malaysia     Hawala     Money Transfer    
NZ High Mobile Rates Stagnate SME Growth and Overall Trade [28 Dec 2010]  
There is no other technology that has aided SME growth world over as that of mobile telephony did till date. However, in New Zealand, that premise cannot be applied as mobile rates did not periodicall  ...More
Tags: New Zealand     Mobile     Vodafone     Phone Charges    
Bison Meat Witnesses Enormous Growth in North America [30 Dec 2010]  
Bison meat seemed to be the first choice of many cattle farmers and consumers alike in North America these days. The farmers find it attractive since rearing bison is of low maintenance as compared to  ...More
Tags: Meat    Beef    Bison    Elk    Moose    Reindeer    US    Canada    
Kuwait Enhances Infra-structure to Match Others in the Region [03 Jan 2011]  
After slow progress in infra-structural development in Kuwait in recent years, the state has planned to expedite all projects including the development of Boubyan seaport, better known as Mubarak Al-K  ...More
Tags: GCC     Kuwait     Airports     Seaports     Shipping     Flights    
Cambodian Tourism to Maintain Growth in the New Year [04 Jan 2011]  
According to the Cambodian tourism ministrys statistics, last years success of the tourism sector is likely to be extended to 2011. The Ministry has forecast 2.73mn visitors would arrive in 2011 as co  ...More
Tags: Tourism     Travel     Cambodia     South-East Asia    Flights    
Joblessness Stirs Saudization sans Reflecting on Root Cause [06 Jan 2011]  
Saudi Arabias high unemployment rate has once again sparked off an outcry for Saudization after the recent data showed about 43 percent of kingdoms citizens aged between 20 and 24 years were unemploye  ...More
Tags: Saudi Arabia    Middle East    GCC    Jobs    Gulf Employment    
German Dioxin-tainted Food Scare Heightens across EU [08 Jan 2011]  
The contaminated eggs with toxic dioxin from Germany are panicking consumers across Europe as they are suspected to have entered the UK food chain. It is understood that 14 tonnes of tainted egg prod  ...More
Tags: Germany    EU    Holland    Britain    Poultry    Processed Food    
Turkey Backs Inclusion of Iraq in Regional Free Trade [18 Jan 2011]  
The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during his recent visit to Iraq stated that his country wanted Iraq to be included in the regional free trade zone. Speaking at a meeting in Baghdad, Davut  ...More
Tags: Iraq    Turkey    Syria    Jordan    Lebanon    FTA    
Malawi Exports to EU Record Growth – Imports from EU Decline [19 Jan 2011]  
According to the Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, Malawi’s exports to the bloc has increased by 7.4 percent in the first nine months of 2010. On the contrary, the EU’s earnings from trade with M  ...More
Tags: Malawi    EU    Germany    UK    France    Imports    Exports    
Argentine Farmers Still Unhappy over Hostile Export Policies [25 Jan 2011]  
The farmers’ protest that took place in Argentina last week was called off by the trade unions with a warning of series of strikes in the near future if their demands were not met. The warnings indica  ...More
Tags: Food Prices     Grain Supplies     Argentina     Farmers Strike    
Govt implements measures to reduce export transaction costs [09 Feb 2011]  
The government has implemented some significant measures to reduce transaction costs for exporters - a move based on the report of a task force formed to look after the issue exclusively.

Union  ...More
Tags: Scindia    Industry Service Tax rate    Foreign Trade    
Fresh 500-cr sops for exporters of struggling sectors [14 Feb 2011]  
The government announced a Rs. 500-crore annual package of incentives for export for products still struggling to make an impact in the global market.

The sops follow a comprehensive review of  ...More
Tags: FIEO    Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana    
China's Jan exports rise 38 percent to $150.73 [15 Feb 2011]  
China's exports rose by 37.7 percent year-on-year to $150.73 billion in January boosted by busy shipments ahead of the nation's traditional Spring Festival, according to the General Administration of  ...More
Tags: GDP    Japanese Cabinet Office    World Bank    
Trade and Monetary Issues Top Agenda at G-20 Meeting [16 Feb 2011]  
Developed economies still recovering from the financial crisis are looking for ways to regain momentum as the global economy shifts in favor of China and other emerging markets.

That task will  ...More
Tags: G-20 Meeting    Dominique Strauss-Kahn    International Monetary Fund    
Food prices push 44m into poverty: World Bank [17 Feb 2011]  
Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned.

Food costs are continuing to rise to near 2008 levels, when  ...More
Tags: World Bank    Food Price Index    food inflation    anti-poverty    
EU Commission welcomes European Parliament backing for free trade with South Korea [18 Feb 2011]  
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, today welcomed the European Parliament’s support for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and South Korea. An overwhelming majority of MEP  ...More
Tags: European Parliament    FTA    EU    Lisbon Treaty    
Japan posts first trade deficit in almost two years [23 Feb 2011]  
Weaker exports to key markets gave Japan its first trade deficit in 22 months, Ministry of Finance data has shown.

The trade deficit was 471.42bn yen ($5.7bn; £3.52bn) in January, with exports  ...More
Tags: Itochu Corporation    inflation    Takahide Kiuchi    Nomura Securities    
Farm Boom Is Leading to Growing Concerns [01 Mar 2011]  
The cure for higher commodity prices is usually higher commodity prices.

The global clamor for corn, wheat, soybeans and other crops has been a stroke of good fortune for the agricultural indus  ...More
Tags: corn    wheat    soybeans    nonfarm wages    Kansas City Federal Reserve    
Union Budget 2011: Exporters to do self-assessment of their duty liabilities [02 Mar 2011]  
Exporters will be allowed to do self-assessment of their duty liabilities before the customs authorities, besides getting service tax refunds through a hassle-free mechanism.

"To quicken the c  ...More
Tags: Budget    EDI    FIEO    Mega Cluster Scheme    
Government encouraging exports to contain rising CAD [02 Mar 2011]  
Worried over the rising current account deficit, the government today said that it is providing incentives to exporters to encourage overseas shipment to bridge the rising gap.

"We are concern  ...More
Tags: GDP    CAD    Reserve Bank    fiscal deficit    
UK trade deficit drops sharply [14 Mar 2011]  
Rise in exports lifts expectations that trade will boost first-quarter GDP
Britain's trade deficit has dropped sharply, fuelling hopes that trade will make a strong contribution to GDP growth in th  ...More
Tags: GDP growth    oil    food    drink    tobacco    Daiwa Capital Markets    IHS Global Insight    
India, EU settle generics dispute, pave way for FTA talks in April [15 Mar 2011]  
India has sorted out most of its differences with the European Union on production of low-cost generic medicines, ahead of a crucial meeting on a proposed free-trade pact next month, a government offi  ...More
Tags: IPR    Civil society groups    TRIPS    FTA    India-EU summit    
India keen to export pharma products to China [24 Mar 2011]  
If the Chinese government cleared hurdles to provide market access, India could start exporting its pharmaceuticals to China in a big way. India made a strong pitch to push it, asserting that a good o  ...More
Tags: Indian Drug Manufacturers Association    API    pharmaceutical industry    SFDA    
World Bank chief urges new role in Middle East [24 Mar 2011]  
The World Bank is rethinking its role in the Middle East and North Africa to tackle economic and social problems that sparked political unrest. The poverty-fighting institution needs to find some way  ...More
Tags: Robert Zoellick    World Bank conference    IMF     neo-liberal economic policies    
Global coffee exports hit record 103.1 mn bags [28 Nov 2011]  
World coffee exports rose by 9 per cent to a record 103.1 million bags in the 2010-11 coffee years, but shipments in September were down by almost 15 per cent at 7.04 million bags, the International C  ...More
Tags: Global Coffee Exports    
Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package [28 Nov 2011]  
The government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore package for exporters to help them tide over the slowdown in developed markets and rising input costs. RBI has already announced interest subsidy of  ...More
Tags: Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package    
China – Europe Focus [05 Dec 2011]  
According to a recent survey amongst almost 600 Chinese exporters, a majority report that shipments to Europe have declined in the past few months due to slower demand as results of the Eurozone debt  ...More
Tags: China Europe Focus    
Manufacturing in China may contract for sixth month running [24 Apr 2012]  
BEIJING: China's manufacturing may shrink for a sixth month in April, maintaining pressure on officials to adopt more policies to stimulate economic growth, a survey of companies showed.

The 4  ...More
Tags: Manufacturing China    
Australia - India in better position to finalize free trade agreement [05 Jun 2012]  
MELBOURNE: Despite the "shocks and jolts" in the past, Australia and India are in a better position to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) that would further expand bilateral relations, according to  ...More
Tags: Australia India free trade agreement    
Chinese President Hu Jintao pledges 20 billion dollars in credit to Africa [20 Jul 2012]  
BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday pledged African governments $20 billion in credit over the next three years and called for more China-Africa coordination in international affairs to d  ...More
Tags: Chinese credit to Africa    
Facebook buys Microsoft ad tech platform [04 Mar 2013]  
Facebook has acquired Microsoft’s online ad campaign management tool Atlas Advertiser Suite.

Facebook hasn’t disclosed the cost of the deal. The social networking site has previously introduced  ...More
Tags: Facebook Microsoft    
LinkedIn infuses social into B2B marketing [18 Mar 2013]  
LinkedIn recently launched a new API program, an enhancement to its LinkedIn Ad platform, to help B2B marketers bring a social element to targeting specific customers, uncovering leads, and automating  ...More
Tags: LinkedIn infuses    
How the Facebook redesign will affect marketers- [25 Mar 2013]  
On March 7, Facebook announced it is redesigning its News Feed, and since the announcement marketers and social media experts have been lighting up the Internet with speculation about what the changes  ...More
Tags: Facebook redesign    
India's Singh visits Berlin, free trade deal still distant [15 Apr 2013]  
Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have hailed Germany and India "taking a step closer together" in a Berlin meeting. A desired free trade deal with the EU remains a pipedream for now tho  ...More
Tags: free trade deal    
Five Ways to Target B2B Effectively [06 May 2013]  
Lately there has been talk in the trade press about the difficulty of applying the targeting techniques used for consumer advertising to B2B. One in particular that caught our attention was Al Urbansk  ...More
Tags: Target B2B Effectively    
China Goes Global- Signs Free Trade Deal with Switzerland [27 May 2013]  
In a move that is seen as China’s attempt to cosy upto the more influential Western economies; the communist state has signed a multifaceted free trade deal with Switzerland. Currently, trade between  ...More
Tags: China Global Free Trade Deal    
In the Shadow of China, India and Japan Sign historic Agreement [03 Jun 2013]  
This last Wednesday, India and Japan signed a historic deal that further cemented the growing association of these two powers while China reserved some strong sentiments about this emerging relationsh  ...More
Tags: Shadow of China     India and Japan    
Sweet Revenge- China Raises Price of European Wines to counteract the Solar Panel Incident [10 Jun 2013]  
Whoever said that revenge is best served cold wasn’t obviously referring to the European made Champagnes, Burgundies and other fine wines that will soon be pricier for connoisseurs across China. This  ...More
Tags: China Raises Price of European Wines    
Battlefield Africa- China and Japan fight for Economic Control [17 Jun 2013]  
A new chapter in the ‘cold’ war between China and Japan is being written in the sun-baked continent of Africa. Japan, until recently unconcerned about spreading its roots in Africa, has awakened to th  ...More
Tags: Battlefield Africa China and Japan    
USA finds favour with Chinese Tourists- Europeans prefer home! [25 Jun 2013]  
The United States of America (USA) has gained massively from the globally connected Chinese tourist. This marks a record 35.3% improvement as compared to previous years when Chinese visitors flocked t  ...More
Tags: USA finds favour with Chinese Tourists    
India on the Back foot- Perks suggested to improve Foreign Investment [01 Jul 2013]  
It’s been a bad couple of months for the Indian business front. The Rupee has sunk to its lowest ever value against the might Dollar, a paltry 60.72 as of last Wednesday. There was a hue and cry about  ...More
Tags: India Perks suggested to improve Foreign Invsetment    
'It’s Alive, or is it?’ Chinese Government plays Frankenstein with its Economy [16 Jul 2013]  
China is on a mission- to supercharge its aging, sluggish economy through some very radical changes. Sadly, these efforts from the Chinese Government seem to be backfiring- the G.D.P is slowly losing  ...More
Tags: Chinese government plays Frankenstein    
Is the World going Anti Free Trade [12 Aug 2013]  
The recent furore about the strife brewing between China and the European Union (EU) concerning the export of cheap Solar Panels by the former to the countries of the EU, the resultant anti-dumping ta  ...More
Tags: Anti Free Trade    
From Bad to Slightly Worse- No luck for World Economy [26 Aug 2013]  
If the influential Ifo Business Climate Index is to be believed, all that the world economies are doing to elevate their domestic markets in light of the recent economic slump isn’t amounting to much.  ...More
Tags: Slightly Worse No luck for World Economy    
International Demand for Gold at a Four-year-low [03 Sep 2013]  
Looks like Gold has lost its legendary shine, atleast that’s what global market statistics for the second quarter of 2013 will have you believe. The World Gold Council (WGC) reports that the demand fo  ...More
Tags: International Demand for Gold    
Falling Rupee kills the Vroom of the Indian Auto Industry [10 Sep 2013]  
The gears aren’t kicking in, the pickup is laboured and the ground clearance puts a tractor to shame. No, we aren’t talking about a recently released hatchback, but the Indian automotive industry. Cau  ...More
Tags: Falling Rupee Indian Auto Industry    
The Containment Act- Indian Government trying to hit fiscal deficit target, as tax revenues crash. [18 Nov 2013]  
The Indian government is in a minor state of bother, tax revenues aren’t hitting the expected numbers and other income sources that add to the government’s coffers aren’t signalling great returns as w  ...More
Tags: India fiscal deficit target    
The Fragile Five- High Octane Economies or Ticking Time Bombs [03 Feb 2014]  
What’s common between Brazil, India, South Africa, Indonesia and Turkey? They are part of an exclusive club called the ‘fragile five’, world economies that are progressing quickly but are noted for be  ...More
Tags: The Fragile Five Octane Economies Ticking Time    
India Set to Become the Second Biggest Steel Manufacturer by 2016 [17 Feb 2014]  
International trade experts believe that India is all set to overtake the United States and Japan by 2016, to emerge as the second largest steel manufacturer in the world, behind China. This developme  ...More
Tags: India Set Second Biggest Steel Manufacturer    
Grassroots Trouble- Pakistani Farmers resist Free Trade with India [24 Feb 2014]  
Looks like a normal trade relationship between India and Pakistan will remain a distant pipe-dream for now. An alliance of farmers was forged in the Punjab province of Pakistan recently, to oppose any  ...More
Tags: Grassroots Trouble Pakistani Farmers Free Trade    
Africa’s ‘Future Five’ to watch for in 2014. [11 Mar 2014]  
Africa, the cradle of humanity is finally getting the limelight it deserves. Traditionally known for its civil wars and lack of economic progress in tune with the rest of the world, Africa has been se  ...More
Tags: Africas Future Five to watch for in 2014