The latest assessment of global trade prospects underlines the importance of launching a new round of trade negotiations in Doha.
There has been more buzz about the prospects for trade liberalization this year than at any time since the first term of the second president Bush.
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Early signs of a rebound in trade in Asia are brightening prospects for the region's export-dependent economies.
And while Chinese officials were talking up the prospects of a trade war, trade between the two nations was growing by more than 20 per cent a year.
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Roger Robinson's contribution to the discussion ( four pages of excerpts of which are attached) offered a valuable geopolitical backdrop against which to gauge the currency and equities markets and to evaluate the prospects for international trade, financial, energy and technology flows.
TPA, even the prospects for concluding global trade talks, are all linked to one decision: on steel.
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Kerry's first diplomatic meeting abroad came with British Prime Minister David Cameron, where they discussed the prospects of a free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union and the importance of the Middle East peace process.
We see great prospects in terms of enhancing trade investment between our two countries.
In the summer of 2001, the prospects of launching a new trade round were dim, with huge divisions about what the Doha agenda should cover.
He and Independent Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman had worked hard to push a global climate crisis-premised 2010 carbon cap-and-trade bill, only to see its prospects for passage swept away in a Republican House cleaning.
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As with dividend paying stocks, there is often a trade-off between high current yield and prospects for growth.
When trade dries up, so do the financial prospects of shipping companies.
The slide in demand from Europe seems to have stopped and the prospects have improved for a pickup, Trade Secretary S.R.
Using the Yellow Pages and the local trade association, Spinell has helped generate a list of prospects, and offers phone tips.
Across the country, politicians are responding accordingly, and that is clouding prospects for congressional approval of pending free-trade pacts with South Korea and Colombia.
Thinking back to the days before Sept. 11, 2001, I remember we were still in a recession that began in March and many at a trade show I was attending were less than positive about the prospects for their companies and the retailing business as a whole.
Unless free traders start countering these arguments, prospects for the new round and for freer trade in general will be poor.
Lower trade barriers, particularly in textiles and agriculture, are vital for these countries' economic prospects.
Although reliance on the advanced economies has been tempered as trade between emerging economies has grown, the World Bank expressed reservations about emerging markets growth prospects against the muted global backdrop, unless there is further progress on structural reforms in places like India, for example, where policy paralysis has been cited as the main reason the economy has been in the gutter.
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We know that trade secret theft can cripple a company's competitive advantage in foreign markets, diminish export prospects around the globe, and put American jobs in jeopardy.
"The theft of trade secrets impacts national security, undermines our global competitiveness, diminishes U.S. export prospects and puts American jobs at risk, " said Victoria Espinel, U.S. intellectual-property enforcement coordinator.
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