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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
Natural Sound
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
Eng/Jap/Nat
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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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...
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EU and US negotiators discuss steel tariffs crisis
1. Exterior front of EU Council offices
2. Close-up sign
3. US negotiator Florizell Liser enters
4. Cutaway computer screen
5. Cutaway press
6. US negotiator Florizell Liser, followed by EU negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero, head of EU...
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Shanghai business reaction to WTO entry
1. Various of busy street crowded with people riding bicycles
2. Man transporting bottles of water on bicycle
3. Exterior shot of Shanghai Forever Bicycle Co. Ltd
4. Factory workshop
5. Various close-up shots of worker on assembly...
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Medvedev warns West against applying sanctions
1. Wide of Red Square
2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shaking hands with businessmen
3. Cutaway of cameraman
4. Wide of businessmen seated during meeting
5. Mid of businessmen
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Medvedev, Russian...
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CHINA: BEIJING: ENTRY INTO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
German/Nat
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he expected the European Union could reach agreement with China on its entry to the World Trade Organisation before the end of the month.
Schroeder seemed hopeful that the two sides...
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC SUMMIT: US/CHINA
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
United States trade representative, Charlene Barshefsky said on Thursday that it is up to China to decide whether it wanted to resume 'substantive' negotiations on entry to the World Trade Organisation.
Her comments came...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO MEETING: GLOBAL TRADE ACCORD UPDATE (2)
English/Nat
Negotiators meeting in Geneva sealed a long-delayed global trade accord on Saturday that opens up multi-trillion dollar banking and insurance sectors to foreign competition.
Delegates managed to resolve a series of snags in...
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South Korean protester suicides during clashes with police
1. Wide protestors breaching barricade
2. Medium protestors attempting to break barricade
3. Medium police line under assault
4. Medium protestor hitting police with stick
5. Pan right protestors assaulting police line
6. Protestors...
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More clashes as protesters rally against WTO talks
1. Police officers, lined up trying to halt protestors
2. Protestors pushing up the police line, removing the metal barriers
3. Policeman running forward, as protestors lift up metal barrier
4. Police pushing demonstrator back behind...
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Leader's photo-op at the end of the APEC summit
1. APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders heading to podium for Hanoi declaration, lead by Vietnamese president Nguyen Minh Triet, Chinese President Hu Jintao
2. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and South Korean...
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Putin meets Indian PM Singh
1. Wide of Kremlin
2. Mid of Kremlin tower
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting and shaking hands
4. Close up of a guard
5. Mid of Putin and Singh talking
6. Close up of Singh
7. Mid shot,...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO: CHINA MEMBERSHIP TALKS
English/Nat
China's top trade negotiator believes Beijing is close to finalising a deal for China to enter the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O).
China' s Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation Long Yong Tu will wrap...