Bloomberg
Maersk CEO on Rising Freight Rates, Profit Forecast, Divestments
Nov.14 -- A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said both profitability and cash flow are improving amid rising freight rates and said revenue is improving across the organization. Chief Executive Officer Soren Skou talks from Copenhagen on "Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Intel CEO Sees 'Really Good Momentum" Across Its Businesses
Oct.24 -- Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan talks about the company's financial results and business outlook. The chipmaker gave an upbeat sales and profit forecast, citing improved demand for semiconductors that power...
Bloomberg
Maersk Line Sees Demand for Container Shipping Improving
May.11 -- Robbert van Trooijen, Asia-Pacific chief executive officer for Maersk Line, discusses first-quarter earnings, the pick up in demand for container shipping, consolidation in the industry and where he sees growth. He speaks on...
Bloomberg
China Wins WTO Approval of $3.6 Billion in U.S. Trade Sanctions
Nov.01 -- China won permission from the World Trade Organization to impose $3.6 billion in sanctions against the U.S., in a case that predates the tariff war between the two nations. Bloomberg Economics’ Tom Orlik has the details on...
Bloomberg
Maersk Expects Freight Rates to Normalize in 2021
Feb.10 -- A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S CEO Soren Skou discusses demand, shipping rates and industry concentration on Bloomberg Television after the the world’s largest container carrier unveiled an outlook that disappointed the market amid...
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USA: W-T-O DISCUSSES GM FOOD
English/Nat
As trade ministers gather in Seattle this week for the third Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, advocates and activists alike are getting ready to debate one of the newest and most controversial topics...
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WRAP Second day of summit of AU and EU leaders ADDS more
1. Wide of convoy arriving at venue of joint European Union and African Union Summit
2. Various of Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates arriving
3. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Jose Socrates, Portuguese Prime Minister:
"We are satisfied...
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HONG KONG: ANNUAL AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH
Jap/Eng/Nat
U-S Ambassador to China James Sasser has said that China could be admitted to the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) as early as this autumn.
Sasser was speaking at the annual American Chamber of Commerce lunch at the Conrad...
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SWITZERLAND: DAVOS: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: ALBRIGHT
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U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, en route to Moscow for high-level talks, says life in the former Soviet Union is often tougher for ordinary people now than under the Communists.
In a speech to the World Economic...
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USA: REACTION TO US/CHINA WTO DEAL
English/Nat
Even before they saw the details, U-S and Chinese businesses praised a new China U-S market-opening agreement as a major step toward greater opportunity for both sides.
In exchange for U-S support in its long campaign to...
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US president comments on world trade
1. US President George W. Bush approaching podium
2. Bush stepping onto podium
3. Close of blocks of cheese
4. Close of oranges and vegetables
5. Pan along tractors and trucks
6. Close of tractor
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush,...
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SINGAPORE: SUMMIT MEETINGS AT ASEAN
Jap/Mandarin/Nat
A day after Southeast Asian leaders proposed a new East Asian alliance, they sat down with leaders of China, Japan and South Korea to discuss the future of Asia's economic and political landscape.
Chinese Premier Zhu...
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Bush's weekly radio address druing his trip to Asia
1. Graphic of Gerorge W. Bush (WITH FOLLOWING RADIO BROADCAST OVERLAID)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, United States President:
"I am currently travelling in Asia on a trip to Japan, South Korea, China, and Mongolia. The leaders...
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SINGAPORE: LEADERS MEETINGS AT ASEAN
Jap/Mandarin/Nat
A day after Southeast Asian leaders proposed a new East Asian alliance, they sat down with leaders of China, Japan and South Korea to discuss the future of Asia's economic and political landscape.
Chinese Premier Zhu...
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EU discusses GM foods policy
1. Zoom in to European Union Agriculture Commissioner Fischler addressing group
2. Over shoulder of Fischler to audience
3. Reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Franz Fischler, EU Agriculture Commissioner
"We would like to give the...
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US, EU and Brazilian officials discuss global trade treaty
1. Pan from Copacabana Beach to wide of the facade of the Copacabana Palace Hotel
2. Pan showing Celso Amorim entering room, followed by Robert Portman and Peter Mandelson
3. Tilt-down showing Robert Portman seating down
4. Pre-roll...
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US Under Secretary of Commerce arrives for talks
1. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian entering, shaking hands with US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Grant Aldonas
2. Photographer
3. Chen and Aldonas
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Chen Shui-bian, President of...
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THAILAND: BANGKOK: U-N-C-T-A-D "GLOBAL NEW DEAL"
Eng/Khmer/Nat
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for a Global New Deal to help those nations with the slowest rate of development.
Annan made the call while speaking at the United Nations Trade and Development...
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Protester against WTO chief Pascal Lamy disrupts meeting
1. Wide of business conference, media in foreground
2. Wide of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy at podium
3. Cutaway, audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pascal Lamy, World Trade Organisation,...
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Bush taps Zoellick to be next pres of the World Bank
1. US President George W. Bush, former US trade chief and number two diplomat Robert Zoellick, and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"Good morning. I thank...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON - SYMPATHY FOR W-T-O PROTESTORS
English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton has said he is sympathetic to the demonstrators protesting against the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle.
He told reporters before leaving for the conference that labour and environmental...
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UK: DISCUSSIONS OVER BANANAS AND US THREATS OF TRADE BAN - REACTIONS
English/Nat
The British government has issued a new appeal to the Americans to back down in the banana row.
The Trade Minister Brian Wilson said the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) was within touching distance of solving the...
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BARBADOS: PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ATTENDS CARIBBEAN SUMMIT
English/Nat
President Bill Clinton, in Barbados for a Caribbean summit on Saturday, told Caribbean leaders that he wanted a "deeper process of co-operation."
Topics covered were similar to those discussed this week during Clinton's...
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US trade protest over India solar energy programme
The United States launched another trade complaint against India on Monday, saying New Delhi's solar energy industry discriminates against American manufacturers.
The US contends that India is violating World Trade Organisation (WTO)...