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East ports want to dig deeper
Publication — The Sacramento Bee Author — By Curtis Tate Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.sacbee.com WASHINGTON – A wider, deeper Panama Canal will open in 2014, meaning that biggercargo ships filled with more containers ofconsumer goods can move directly to the population centers of the East Coast instead of stopping on the West Coast and sending [...]
Bt crop doubles India’s cotton output
Publication — Business Standard (India) Date — March 13, 2012 Website — http://business-standard.com Biotech (Bt) crop technology has more than doubled India’s cotton production, a government report card said today, calling for more such revolutions. “By 2011-12, almost 90 per cent of cotton area is covered under Bt cotton and production has more than doubled. [...]
Pakistan, India May Reap Peace From Free Trade Deal
Investor’s Business Daily February 29, 2012 Free Trade: Is an end to the nonstop conflict between India and Pakistan in sight? A big free-trade agreement between the two Asian giants by the end of the year might just be the peace tonic both countries need. It was Frederic de Bastiat, the great French libertarian philosopher, who [...]
How Kenya Is Building a Sustainable Banana
Bloomberg January 24, 2012 By Alan Bjerga The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute is banana paradise. The artificial sun shines on plants for 16 hours a day and hides for eight. Tender green shoots luxuriate in pint jars containing a milky liquid that’s rich in all the nutrients a growing banana needs. It’s a sterile environment, [...]
Cameron to Urge More Bilateral Trade Deals After Doha Failure
Bloomberg Business Week January 26, 2012 By Gonzalo Vina Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — British Prime Minister David Cameron will call on other nations to pursue bilateral trade accords while a “coalition of the willing” among them seeks broader regional free-trade agreements, including a European Union deal with the U.S. Cameron will say in a speech [...]
Possibility of Merging USTR with Other Agencies
Farm Futures January 18, 2012 If Congress gives the Obama Administration the green light to reorganize the government, a single federal food safety agency is likely. If that happens, Office of Management and Budget Director for Management Jeff Zients believes the first proposal will be to merge the six business-oriented agencies, folding together the Commerce [...]
Commerce revamp could weaken trade policy
Washington Post January 13, 2012 By Howard Schneider and Peter Whoriskey President Obama’s plan to streamline the government’s trade and commerce agencies could raise major issues involving trade-policy negotiations, and while lawmakers expressed enthusiasm for making the government more efficient, some wanted more details before pledging support. Agencies such as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative [...]
US trade mission coming to India next month
Hindu Business Line January 12, 2012 WASHINGTON, JAN 12: A senior Obama administration official will lead the first-ever US ports and maritime technology trade industry mission to India next month as New Delhi embarks on a plan to modernise its maritime security. Led by Francisco Sanchez, US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, the [...]
Port of Los Angeles sets record for exports‎
Los Angeles Times December 15, 2011 By Ronald D. White Original Source A rising tide of exports has been flowing through the nation’s busiest seaport complex this year, helped by a weak dollar and a strengthening U.S. manufacturing sector. In November, more U.S. goods than ever before moved out of the Port of Los Angeles [...]
Russia becomes WTO member after 18 years of talks
BBC December 16, 2011 www.bbc.co.uk Original Source Russia has finally joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, after 18 years negotiating its membership. The Swiss brokered a deal between Russia and Georgia earlier this year that removed the last obstacle to Russia’s accession. Georgia had tried to block Russia’s [...]
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