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Excerpts of presser by summit host
1. APEC press room
2. Chilean President Ricardo Lagos walking up to podium
3. Reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile:
"A year ago we had the failure in Cancun. A year ago we had a situation where it looked...
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China given its first assessment of WTO membership
1. Wide shot of press conference by Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MoFTEC)
2. Cutaway journalists
3. Mid shot of panel
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Gao Yan, MoFTEC spokesperson:
"Through this review, China introduced its...
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CHINA: WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION ENTRY
Eng/Ger/Nat
The European Union's chief trade negotiator Pascal Lamy has arrived in Beijing to resume talks on China's entry into the World Trade Organisation.
Lamy said it was time for both sides to compromise on the issues which...
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South Korea and EU conclude their first round of free trade negs
1. Wide of Korean chief negotiator to the Korea-European Union (EU) Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) talks, Kim Han-soo, and EU chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero at podiums
2. Reporters
3. Kim and Garcia Bercero at podiums
4....
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Farmers across the country gather for anti-WTO demo
1. High shot of rally
2. Midshot of protester on the stage
3. Wideshot of sit-in protesters
4. Close up of a farmer, protester
5. Various shots of protesters chanting and protesting
6. Zoom out too performances on the stage
7. SOUNDBITE...
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Arrivals and preparations for weekend's WTO talks
1. Wide of photo opportunity
2. EU commissioner of Agriculture Franz Fischer and Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy
3. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick
4. Various of ministers at photo opportunity
5. Cutaway cameramen
6. Japanese...
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Putin comments on NATO, Mideast
1. Exterior of Kremlin
2. Putin enters the news conference hall to applause
3. Wide shot of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
"Russia is the only one of the great world economies that's not a...
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State Council Taiwan Affairs Office press briefing on Taiwan issues
1. Wide shot of spokesperson for State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Li Weiyi, and other officials walking into the press conference room
2. Medium shot Li and other two officials taking seats
3. Cutaway cameraman
4. SOUNDBITE...
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SWITZERLAND/THAILAND: CANDIDATES FOR WTO CHIEF LATEST
Natural Sound
World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) delegates are expected to announce on Thursday the possibility of choosing two candidates to lead the body for successive three-year terms.
Despite many months of negotiations, the...
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WRAP President at Asia Society meeting, arrival in Washington
New York City
1. Asia Society of New York building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ly Dong, protester:
"We come here against the communist leader (inaudible)."
3. Zoom out protesters
4. Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet walking up to podium...
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USA: SEATTLE: ANTI WTO DEMONSTRATION/RIOTS UPDATE
English/Nat
Police in Seattle are regrouping in an effort to regain control over protestors demonstrating against the World Trade Organisation.
Authorities have called out the national guard, established a curfew and cordoned off a...
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CHINA: TAIWANESE OFFICIAL TO VISIT
Mandarin/Nat
One of the highest level Taiwanese officials to visit China in years is in the capital Beijing as a private consultant.
Wu Wen-yea, who is the director of Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade, has come to China in an unofficial...
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Chinese chief negotiator says entry to WTO a foregone conclusion
1. Wide of half full press room
2. Pan sign saying 'state council information office' in english and Chinese
3. Wide of china's chief World Trade negotiator Long Yongtu walking in and taking his seat at table
4. Soundbite, (Mandarin)...
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Protest ahead of final day of pre-ministerial meetings
November 18 2003
1. Police barricade set up in street
2. Close up of police officers in riot gear standing in front of their cars
3. Protesters marching along street
4. Police with bikes walking alongside protesters
5. Pan from McDonalds...
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Mandelson on HK trade talks
1. Exterior European Commission building
2. Close up EU flags
3. Exterior entrance European Commission
4. Peter Mandelson reading a report
5. Zoom in report
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner:
"We have made a...
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BRUNEI: APEC CONFERENCE UPDATE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) entered its second day of ministerial consultations in Brunei Monday with little agreement among members on a variety of issues.
Heading the list of disputes is the...
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Photo-op leaders, final statement, departures
1. Exterior of building
2. Wide shot of APEC leaders wearing ponchos gathered for family photo shoot
3. BACK ROW: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa, Taiwan's Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh,...
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Monti welcomes the German court approval of eurozone rescue fund; Lamy on world trade
Italian Premier Mario Monti welcomed the German court decision to pave the way for the creation of Europe's 500 billion euro (640 (b) billion US dollars) rescue fund on Wednesday.
Speaking at a joint news conference in Rome on Wednesday,...
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WRAP Protesters at ASEM summit in clash with police
1. Riot police in street with protesters, AUDIO: Breaking glass
2. Riot police and armoured vehicle moving towards protesters
3. Wide shot of riot police and police car
4. Police firing water cannon from truck at protesters, riot police...
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USA: BARSHEFSKY - POSSIBILITY OF CHINA JOINING W-T-O
English/Nat
One week before the World Trade Organization talks are scheduled to begin in Seattle, U-S Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky says China's accession to that body is in the hands of China.
She says admitting China to the...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO: NEW WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL APPOINTED
A lawmaker from New Zealand was officially appointed director-general of the World Trade Organisation on Wednesday under a power-sharing deal with Thailand's deputy prime minister.
Mike Moore will take the helm of the world's top trade...
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CHINA: BEIJING: EU CHINA TALKS (2)
Eng/Ger/Nat
China and the European Union appear to be at loggerheads over whether they are close to an agreement on the terms of China's entry to the World Trade organisation.
Chinese state television reported that China had reached a...
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MEXICO: CARTOON HEROES HONOURED AT COMIC CONVENTION
Spanish/Nat
Mexico has honoured cartoon heroes this week at the Fourth Convention of Comics, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Some one-hundred-thousand people of all ages flocked to the World Trade Centre in Mexico City to meet comic...
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WORLD WIDE: USA DROPS OPPOSITION TO REATO RUGGIERO
English/Nat
The United States dropped its opposition today (Tuesday) to the Italian candidate hoping to head the World Trade Organisation.
With no chance of a White House veto it appears likely that former Italian trade minister Renato...