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CHINA: GOVERNMENT AGREES TO MEASURES WHICH COULD LEAD TO WTO
English/Nat
China has agreed to a set of principles that might help push forward its bid to join the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O).
European Union Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan announced the breakthrough following talks with...
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CHINA: EC PRESIDENT SANTER MEETS JIANG ZEMIN
English/Nat
A European Union delegation said on Friday that after 12 years of negotiations, Beijing was still not willing to make the market-opening concessions that would enable it to join the World Trade Organisation,
European...
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WRAP SKoreans clash with police, Bove comment, caravan
1. Wide of protesters with bamboo sticks clash with police who respond with pepper spray
2. Police standing on concrete barriers
3. Pan down from police to protesters being sprayed with water
4. Wide of police behind barrier formed of...
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WTO approves framework accord on global trade
Night Shots
1. Wide exterior of building where World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting being held
2. Various of delegates entering building
3. EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Franz Fischler enters the building
4. Various of journalists...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA-EU SUMMIT TALKS (2)
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European Commission President Romano Prodi and Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland are in Beijing for China-EU summit talks.
Here they battled out differences over human rights and access to China's closed markets at a...
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Ministers meet in hope of breaking global trade talks impasse, reax to Thai coup
Hanoi, Vietnam, November 15, 2006
1. Wide pan across lobby of Convention Centre
2. Delegates riding up escalator
3. Hong Kong Commerce Secretary Joseph Wong entering, being welcomed by Vietnamese Trade minister Truong Dinh Tuyen
4....
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Russia and US agree to develop trade and economic relations.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans held discussions with Russian officials on Thursday aimed at boosting economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.
Bush and Putin, at their first...
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USA: ARRIVAL OF CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has arrived in Los Angeles on the first leg of a nine-day, six-city, tour of the United States.
He is due to meet President Bill Clinton on Thursday as part of a mission to smooth growing...
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Adds joint Bush, Aznar news conference
1. Wide shot of breakfast meeting
2. Close shot of European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana
3. Solana sitting next to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique
4. Close shot of Aznar
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USA: CHINESE DISSIDENT WEI JI SHENG PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Chinese opinions regarding the recent U-S agreement to allow China into the World Trade Organisation, and the international marketplace, are split across the political spectrum.
Those supporting the Beijing Government are...
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Mandelson on upcoming Hong Kong trade talks
1. Exterior European Commission building
2. Close up EU flags
3. Exterior entrance European Commission
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner:
"But in the case of the United States, Brazil, Australia, where there...
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Court drops charges against some WTO protesters
1. Pan from Kwun Tong court building to Korean WTO protesters and local supporters at street
2. Hunger strike Korean protesters and supporters in tents
3. Korean protesters sitting and chatting inside tent
4. Korean trade union leader...
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SWITZERLAND: GENEVA: CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in Geneva to address meetings of the U-N health agency and the World Trade Organisation.
Castro met World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) Director-General Renato Ruggiero in Geneva on Sunday on the...
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Leaders gather for APEC summit
1. Wide exterior of BEXCO conference centre
2. Various of Australian Prime Minister John Howard arriving, being greeted by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun
3. Howard and Roh shaking hands for cameras
4. Canadian Prime Minister Paul...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO: USA/EU BANANAS/SANCTIONS ROW CONTINUES
English/Nat
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is meeting in emergency session in Geneva to discuss the banana trade dispute between the United States and Europe.
The head of the E-U delegation, Roderick Abbott, says that although he...
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Lula talks to businessmen about his plans for economic growth
1. Wide of big screen showing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at World Economic Forum
2. Medium of audience
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President:
"If we wish to send a signal...
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CHINA: JAPANESE PM OBUCHI OFFICIAL VISIT (2)
Japanese/Nat
Japan and China are still at odds over Japan-U.S. defence guidelines, but they've achieved various co-operative accords on China's bid to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and issues related to North Korea.
Japanese...
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CHINA: US IN TALKS OVER ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
English/Nat
Deputy U-S Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers met Chinese officials in talks which focused on China's economy and its stalled efforts to enter the World Trade Organisation.
Summers' visit comes at a time of renewed tensions...
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Protests ahead of EU FMs meeting tomorrow
1. Wide shot town
2. Two mounted police officers riding
3. Sign for European Union Foreign Ministers meeting
4. Police walking
5. Wide shot row of police
6. Wide shot harbour
7. Close up EU and Italian flags at harbour
8. Boat on...
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World Bank chief talks to APTN ahead of G8 summit in Gleneagles
Washington, DC - 5 July 2005
1. Exterior of World Bank headquarters
2. Signage outside entrance
3. President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz walking with aide
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank:
"It's...
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC SUMMIT UPDATE
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Senior officials from Pacific Rim countries have failed in two days of meetings to negotiate a unified stance on trade reform to recommend to their leaders, who will meet in New Zealand this weekend.
Trade and economics...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA-EU SUMMIT TALKS
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European Commission President Romano Prodi and Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland are in Beijing for China-EU summit talks.
That's where they battled out differences over human rights and access to China's closed...
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Switzerland - Castro meets WTO Director-General
Cuban President Fidel Castro met World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Renato Ruggiero in Geneva on Sunday (17/5) on the eve of a three-day conference to discuss free trade.
WS exterior of Intercontinental Hotel;
PUSH to WTO...
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Trade Commissioner meets China's new leaders
1. European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy walking into room at the Great Hall of the People and shaking hands with Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao
2. Close up of them shaking hands, tilt up to face of Wen
3. Wide of meeting...