The Chief Negotiator Conference of the 8th Round of Negotiations of China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area was held in Beijing on September 24. The Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen led Chinese delegations to attend the conference. During ...
Tags: trade, investment, cooperation
The Australian Made Campaign has reminded businesses to boost country-of-origin branding on products as part of its strategy to leverage new export opportunities available via the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “The TPP will ...
Osram Sylvania Inc (part of Osram Americas in Danvers, MA, USA) has expanded its manufacturing capabilities in Hillsboro, NH (where the firm's automotive lighting division has its principal North American operations, with over 600 staff) by ...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
Bluestar Silicones has announced an enhancement its distribution network in India and signed an agreement with Grasim Industries Ltd. for the distribution of its full range of silicone products. Grasim Industries Ltd. is a flagship company ...
BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have already been cooperating successfully for a quarter of a century: The two companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in autumn 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...
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On September 22, during President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Government of the U.S. Washington State jointly held the Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between ...
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Vice Premier Ma Kai and Vice President of European Commission Jyrki Katainen co-chaired the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue in Beijing on September 28. Ma Kai said this year marks the 40 anniversary of the ...
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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng attends the WTO seven parties ministers meeting in Istanbul on October 5. Attending the meeting were European Commissioner for Trade Anna Cecilia Malmstrom, Indian Minister of Industry and Commerce Nirmala ...
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On October 7, the 29th session of China-EU Trade & Economic Joint Committee was held in Brussels. Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng chaired the meeting jointly with EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. The main tasks of the ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has executed a module supply agreement (MSA) that ...
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Canadian organic food company SunOpta has completed the acquisition of Sunrise Holdings from investor group led by Paine & Partners for $444m, as part of its strategy to expand its portfolio of frozen fruit and fruit ingredient processing ...
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The London-listed SABMiller has agreed to sell itself to Belgium-based brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev for $104bn (£68bn). While AB InBev is the world's biggest brewer, SABMiller is its competitor. The boards of the two companies said ...
Agthia Group has signed an agreement to fully acquire Al Bayan Group of Companies, a leading bulk water player in the UAE. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The transaction is expected to close this month ...
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