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US Commerce Secretary Pritzker attends trade event in Seoul
US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, welcomed on Thursday South Korea's interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
She also emphasised that the biggest challenge at the moment for the US is the negotiation with Japan...
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Thailand - Leekpai And S.E.Asian Free Trade Area
Thailand's prime minister urged Southeast Asian nations Thursday
(22/9) to speed up the creation of a free-trade area to strengthen
their position in the global economy. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai
said in opening the 26th meeting of...
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EC President Jose Manuel Barroso says trade deal with US a 'game-changer'
1.Wide of EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on the stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Van Rompuy, European Council President:
"I expect that the appalling crisis in Syria will top...
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC - TRADE AGREEMENT WITH SINGAPORE
English/Nat
New Zealand and Singapore signed a new bilateral trade agreement on Saturday.
They hope it will be a spur to help other APEC members get on with achieving their goal of free trade in the region.
The Prime Ministers of both...
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CANADA: PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS NAFTA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Ottawa, Canada, 24 February 1995
1. Prime Minister and cabinet ministers meet with Clinton
2. SOUNDBITE: (President Bill Clinton) re Christopher's health
3. Clinton to podium at breakfast
4. SOUNDBITE: (Clinton)
5. Cutaway crowd
6....
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Finance ministers meet, APEC leaders begin to arrive
1. Wide of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) and US breakfast meeting
2. Close up of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
3. Mid of Geithner and Thailand Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij
4. Mid of Myanmar Finance...
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CHINA: BEIJING: WTO HEAD MIKE MOORE VISIT
English/Nat
The head of the World Trade Organisation has voiced optimism that Chinese and European Union trade negotiators will strike a deal next week, which would pave the way for the world's largest country to join the free trade...
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Standing alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, President Barack Obama proclaimed a free trade agreement between their countries as a "win-win." He said the trade pact can be fully enforced next month.
HEADLINE: Obama says trade pact with Colombia is "win-win"
CAPTION: Standing alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, President Barack Obama proclaimed a free trade agreement between their countries as a "win-win." He said the...
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Ibero-American summit closes
1. Closing ceremony in progress
2. Dominican Republic President Hipolito Mejia at podium giving closing speech
3. Mexican President Vicente Fox listening
4. Honduran president Ricardo Maduro and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar...
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MEXICO: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Spanish/Nat
The World Economic Forum opened its meeting in Cancun, Mexico on Monday, as hundreds of anti-globalisation protestors marched to stop international economic leaders from meeting.
Authorities in Cancun managed to keep...
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Labour Day protests in Hong Kong and South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
1. Wide of protesters running out on street to start march at May Day rally
2. Wide of police trying to block protesters
3. Mid of police blocking march
4. Protesters holding posters reading (Korean)"Objection to FTA...
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Greenspan comment on steel tariffs
1. US Senate hearing room
2. US Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan talking
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve chairman
"The difficulty is that any president has in trying to come to grips with trade laws...
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Clinton on relations with region, bilats, Geithner
AP Television
1. Hilary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State, at news conference
2. Mid shot of Clinton talking
3. Cutaway journalists
Department of State TV
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hilary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State:
"What...
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Trade ministers negotiate world's largest free trade zone
1. Various of anti-Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) march
2. FTAA forum grounds
3. Coast Guard patrolling waters
4. Press conference by US, Peru and Colombia trade representatives
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Robert Zoellick, U.S....
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Western leaders comment on economic recovery
1. US President Barack Obama walking to the podium to address media
2. Wide of conference hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
++Partly overlaid with close shot of attendant++
"Here at Seoul we agreed that growth...
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ITALY/SOUTH AFRICA: CONCERNS OVER GRAPPA DRINK
Italian/Eng/Nat
The European Union will have to take another look at a trade pact between the E-U and South Africa after Italy refused to ratify it.
The 17 (b) billion U-S dollar agreement was threatened by Italian concerns over...
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Kerry and Ashton discuss plans to achieve trans-Atlantic free trade deal
1. US Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton walk into room, zoom in
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State:
"In fact, we want more...
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GCC official reflects on important ties with Japan
JAPAN GULF COOPERATION COUNCILSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: MIDDLE EAST EXTRA CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 1.50SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionJapan, Tokyo - 22 April 20151. Khalid Bin Salem Mohammed Al-Ghassani, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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Merkel and Modi discuss bilateral ties
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO ACCESS GERMANYSHOTLISTPOOL - NO ACCESS GERMANYBerlin - 14 April 201411. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking up to lectern2. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German...
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ASIA: FORTHCOMING APEC SUMMIT IN MANILA PREVIEW
English/Nat
In advance of this week's APEC summit in Manila, the member countries have all been asked to present plans for Asian trade liberalisation into the next century.
The formulas that have been submitted show a deeply divided...
Bloomberg
California Ports Point to Bright Future for U.S. Economy
March 18 -- While opponents of free trade speak of the negative economic impacts of global agreements, two California ports are telling a different story. Los Angles and Long Beach reported record traffic for the month of February,...
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Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela summit at Mercosur HQ
1. Exterior of main plaza in Montevideo
2. Wide of downtown street
3. Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at photo opportunity
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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WRAP Pacific Rim ministers vow to fight protectionism, ADDS more
1. Top shot of plenary session of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) ministerial meeting
2. Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akihiro Ohata (seated)
3. Delegates and aides
4. Wide...
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UPDATE Ruling party candidate holds big lead in early returns
1. Wide of supporters of presidential candidate of National Liberation Party, Laura Chinchilla, outside polling station
2. Wide of Chinchilla voting inside polling station at Joaquin Garcia Monje School
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Laura...