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US TRADE CHIEF SAYS EUROZONE TURMOIL AFFECTING TALKS ON GLOBAL TRADE
The US trade chief said on Thursday that Europe's struggles and resulting market turmoil are weighing on global talks about loosening trade barriers.
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, speaking on the sidelines of the current Organisation...
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CHINA: US TREASURY SECRETARY SUMMERS VISIT (V)
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U-S Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji discussed China's campaign to enter the World Trade Organisation in talks on Sunday that Summers said were «very useful.»
Zhu told Summers that China...
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Bush meets European Union president
1. Wide of US President George W Bush and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Oval Office
2. Cutaway of assembled media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President:
"Of course, the most...
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Anti globalisation and Falun Gong protests
1. Wide shot of anti-globalisation rally with protestors on stage
2. Close up protestors on stage
3. People holding up their fists in support
4. Mickey Mouse poster with dollar signs in his eyes
5. Protestors with "People before...
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PM Howard gives declaration at end of APEC summit
1. Leaders walk past camera towards stage in front of Opera House
2. Australian Prime Minister John Howard standing at stage while others arrive
3. Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulalont motions to US Trade Secretary Susan Schwab where...
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President Bush signs Farm Bill
1. Walk in view of U.S. President Bush
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"It's not a perfect bill, I know that. But you know, no bill ever is. There's no such thing as a perfect bill - otherwise I would get to write...
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Talks on WTO membership and Kyoto finish
1. Wide exterior shot of the Kremlin
2. Wide pan of EU-Russian summit meeting
3. Close up of Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing conference
4. Mid shot EU delegation
5. Cutaway of flags
6. EU and Russian officials signing an...
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Tradition of protests absent at this year's APEC summit
Hanoi, Vietnam, November 17 2006
1. Various exterior of convention centre
2. Traffic
3. Various of armed police outside centre
4. Various of police officers re-directing moped riders in street
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tran Tien Duc,...
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USA: WTO CHINA AGREEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Six former U-S secretaries of state have joined President Bill Clinton in his stepped-up campaign to gain early Congressional approval of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for China.
In a letter to Clinton, Henry...
Bloomberg
Is the S&P 500 Really In a Bear Rally?
March 9 -- The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has about 2 percent upside and 20 percent downside, making for a lousy risk-reward trade-off, according to money manager Jeffrey Gundlach. Betting on stocks is a “big losing proposition,â€...
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Anti McDonalds protestor Jose Bove, protests, Mandelson
1. Anti-globalisation activists wearing Santa Claus caps, singing anti-WTO (World Trade Organisation) slogans to tune of "Jingle Bells" (English carol sung at Christmas), pan to man dressed as Santa Claus, seated at the centre
2. Close...
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Bush swears in new US Trade Sec., comments on China
1. Wide shot of swearing-in for U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman
2. Mid shot of same, pull out to Portman shaking hands with US President George W. Bush
3. Attendees applauding
4. Bush at podium next to Portman
5. SOUNDBITE...
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Speeches by Howard and Lagos at APEC gathering
1. Wide shot of Chilean President Ricardo Lagos taking podium
2. Lagos at podium
3. Audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Ricardo Lagos, Chilean President:
(Includes wide shot of Lagos addressing delegates)
"And then the question is: if...
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WRAP Bush arrives, comments from Jiang, Powell, "family" photo
Pool
1. Various of US presidential plane arriving at Cabo San Lucas
2. President George W. Bush and wife Laura waving hello from top of plane steps
3. Mexican President and APEC host Vincente Fox and Bush walking along, shake hands,...
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WTO takes up global trade rules for medicine
1. World Trade Organisation sign and group of protesters in front of building
2. Various of demonstrators carrying coffin covered by black flag
3. Police in body armour
4. Director of WTO, Mike Moore, leaving building
5. Various of...
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CHINA: US COMMERCE SECRETARY DALEY VISIT
English/Nat
U-S Commerce Secretary William Daley met China's Prime Minister Zhu Rongji on Thursday on the second day of his trip to Beijing.
Daley is in China as part of his efforts to ease Chinese entry into the World Trade...
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Reaction to WTO steel decision
APTN File
Baltimore, Recent
1. Exterior shots of Bethlehem Steel plant
2. Interior shot of steel production
Washington, DC July 11, 2003
3. Terrence Straub walking down the hall
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Terrence Straub/United Steel...
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Singapore - World Trade Organisation
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) approved on Friday (13/12) a declaration backing duty-free trade in high-technology products by 2000 and respect for human rights in the workplace.
The US-initiated Information Technology...
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Paulson outlines upcoming high-level talks, on currency
1. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson walking to podium
2. Cutaway photographers
3. SOUNDBITE (English), Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary:
"It is clear that our strategy for robust engagement with China, intensive dialogue but with resort...
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The August unemployment rate surges to 9.7 percent, The WTO rules on a plane dispute and finance ministers meet in London. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports
HEADLINE: Money Minute: Jobless rate rises
CAPTION: The August unemployment rate surges to 9.7 percent, The WTO rules on a plane dispute and finance ministers meet in London. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Sept. 4)
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CHINA : US TRADE MINISTER SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CHINA
English/Nat
The U-S Commerce Secretary has warned China it must reduce its trade surplus before frustrations in the U-S force Washington to impose trade barriers.
However, Ron Brown tempered his warning by saying he hopes China could...
Bloomberg
Marc Faber: Emerging Markets Are in Recession
March 18 -- The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report Publisher Marc Faber weighs in on the economy and emerging markets. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
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WRAP Bush meets European Union president ADDS presser
1. Wide of US President George W. Bush and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in the Oval Office
2. Cutaway of assembled media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President:
"Of course, the most...
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The House derailed a high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party. (June 12)
The House derailed a high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party.The 302-126 vote left the...