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Activists hand out anti-WTO leaflets to US, EU consulates, Portman speaks
1. Wide pan of anti-WTO protesters gathered at Harcourt Garden, chanting "down WTO!"
2. Mid shot of puppets of political figures
2. Various of protesters holding anti-globalisation placards
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ana Maria Nemezo,...
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USA: SEATTLE: WTO: BILL CLINTON ON CHILD LABOUR
English/Nat
President Bill Clinton has signed an international treaty banning the worst forms of child labour, which he said "shock the conscience and haunt the soul."
The signing ceremony for the International Labour Organisation...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO & CHINA
English/Nat
The head of the Chinese delegation negotiating Beijing's entry to the World Trade Organisation said on Wednesday his country would not agree to give up the right to subsidise its farmers in order to strike a deal.
An...
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Foreign ministers from developing countries in Asia and Latin America meet
1. Wide shot of Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation Plenary session
2. Pan across banner "FEALAC"
3. Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Delia Albert speaking beside Colombian Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina...
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Ministers end meeting far apart on tariffs and drugs costs
February 16, 2003
1. Wide shot Yoriko Kawaguchi walks to podium of the news conference
2. Cutaway journalist
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yoriko Kawaguchi, Chair of the WTO informal meeting & Japanese Foreign Minister:
"The first draft of...
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Second day of Asia nations economic forum
1. Wide of Boao Forum location, Hainan Island
2. Nguyen Manh Cam, deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Heizo Takenaka, Minister of State for Economic and fiscal Policy of Japan and Tung Chee Wah, Chief Executive of Hong Kong walking to the...
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EU trade chief Mandelson on textile deal
1. EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, and Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai talking and shaking hands
2. Close up of handshake, pull back to show Mandelson and Bo leaving the room to attend a meeting
3. Wide ministers arriving at...
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WRAP Adds Lamy address to Berlusconi talks with Wen
1. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao standing on rostrum outside the Great Hall of the People while Italian national anthem is played
2. Artillery guns being fired
3. Band plays national anthem
4....
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THAILAND: UNCTAD CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Eng/Thai/Nat
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he hopes a U-N conference in Bangkok will address ways of making the world trade system both free and fair.
As if to underline Annan's concerns, landless peasants held a...
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WTO formally approves admission of Taiwan
Geneva
1. Various exteriors of World Trade Organisation headquarters
2. Various of Steven Chang, Vice-Minister arriving at WTO headquarters
3. Various of delegates before meeting
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Chang, WTO Vice-Minister "I...
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Delegates arrive ahead of multi-nation free-trade talks
1. Miami street traffic near FTAA ((Free Trade of the Americas) grounds
2. Coast guard patrolling
3. Police at FTAA forum parameters
4. Various of metropolitan police and private security at FTAA forum grounds
5. Business representatives...
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Security preps ahead of WTO meeting
10 December 2005
1. Exterior Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, the venue of WTO meeting
2. Tall barricades at area surrounding convention centre
3. Street cleaners working on road barricades
4. Security check inside convention...
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Anti-globalisation march amid reports of progress in WTO talks
1. Various of convention centre
2. Police vehicles and personnel at barricade
3. Policemen watching barricade
4. Media conference with U.S. Deputy Trade Representative, Peter Allgeier
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Allgeier, U.S. Deputy...
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CHINA: SOARING TRADE DEFICIT WITH US THREATENS TO SPOIL RELATIONS
Mandarin/Nat
China's soaring trade deficit with the United States threatens to spoil steadily improving relations, a senior US trade official warned on Wednesday.
US Undersecretary of Commerce David Aaron urged Chinese trade and industry...
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USA: SEATTLE: WTO: BARSHEFSKY PRESS CONFERENCE (2)
English/Nat
The European Union's Trade Commissioner has given his approval to suspend talks at the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) conference in Seattle.
Commissioner Pascal Lamy said the suspension was "effectively and well-done".
U-S...
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A look at Vietnam's economy ahead of the APEC summit
Hanoi - 27 October 2006
1. Wide of high rise buildings
2. Various wides of buildings under construction
3. Exterior of "The Manor", a housing, apartment and office tower complex
4. Worker welding on the constructing site
5. Workers...
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First part of steel frame erected on former WTC site
1. Wide pan from makeshift memorial to site where 7 World Trade is being rebuilt
2. Medium, drawing showing how 7 World Trade will look when completed
3. Wide of press conference, with Governor, architects and developer all on stage
4....
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Pacific Rim leaders arrive for summit on trade, security
1. Group of people on tarmac, waving Chilean flags, waiting for arrival of Chinese Premier Hu Jintao
2. Jintao and wife descending stairs of aircraft
3. Group welcoming Hu Jintao and wife
4. Korean Air jumbo jet on tarmac
5. Korean and...
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THAILAND: UNCTAD CONFERENCE PREVIEW (V)
English/Nat
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he hopes a U-N conference in Bangkok will address ways of making the world trade system both free and fair.
As if to underline Annan's concerns,...
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USA: TAIWAN PUSHES TO JOIN WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
English/Nat
Taiwan was a top of the agenda in Washington, D-C on Wednesday as a congressional committee battled it out over the sabre rattling coming from both sides of the Taiwan straight.
The debate came as the Mayor of Taipei paid a...
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JAPAN: TOKYO: WTO GLOBAL TRADE TALKS
Japanese/English
Trade ministers from the world's four leading economies on Wednesday endorsed China's accession to the World Trade Organisation within this year.
The issue was overshadowed by the accidental bombing of the Chinese...
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Comment on stalemate at talks, protests
1. Interior, protesters wearing Santa Claus caps, singing their own version of the traditional English Christmas 'Jingle Bells' - they have changed the words into a protest song which they sing to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson as...
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Canada and Chile sign agreement on gov't procurement rules
1. Canadian International Trade Minister David Emerson (left) and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley (right) behind table
2. Close-up of Emerson, pan to Foxley
3. Cutaway of Canadian Foreign Minister Peter Mackay
4. Ministers...
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Arrivals for final day of APEC summit, roundtable, protest
1. Motorcade pulls up to Government House and Chinese President Hu Jintao gets out and enters building
2. Motorcade pulls up and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets out and enters building
3. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet...