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FRANCE: JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TOMIICHI MURAYAMA TRADE TALKS
French/Nat
European Union and Japanese leaders met in Paris Monday to promote commercial and political ties.
Fresh from the G7 Summit in Halifax, Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama sat down with European foreign and trade...
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CHINA: EU/CHINA TRADE TALKS LATEST
English/Nat
Four days of trade talks between China and the European Union to reach agreement on Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization are continuing with no end in sight.
Officials say the negotiations are inching along...
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Commerce Minister reaction to US and EU statements on trade
1. Wide shot Fortune Global Forum (venue)
2. Mid shot Bo Xilai, Chinese Minister of Commerce, walking to podium
3. Mid shot audience taking pictures
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Bo Xilai, Chinese Minister of Commerce:
"Once an agreement is...
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Switzerland - Japan And US Negotiations
Negotiations go on into night
US trade representative Mickey Kantor was preparing for late-night
negotiations with his Japanese counterpart in Geneva on Monday
(26/6) in a bid to resolve the growing auto trade dispute.
Japanese Trade...
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Singapore - World Trade Organisation
China on Thursday (12/12) sought accelerated admission into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying it was prepared to be flexible in meeting the requirements of membership.
WTO conference flags;
US delegates;
japanese delegates;...
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CHINA: NEW ZEALAND PM JENNY SHIPLEY VISIT
English/Nat
During the second day of her visit to Beijing, New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley reaffirmed her country's unwavering support for China's position on Taiwan.
Prime Minister Shipley's trip to China is part of a longer...
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Arrivals of leaders for APEC summit
1. Wide exterior of "Nurimaru" house
2. Car carrying US President George W. Bush arrives at "Nurimaru" house
3. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun waiting for arrival of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders
4. Various of...
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM OPENS IN BANGKOK
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy attended the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok Thursday morning.
In opening remarks to the conference, Lamy said he expects growth in the...
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Non-governmental groups rally at summit
1. Exterior conference centre
2. Wide of NGO protesting new round of talks
3. NGO's shouting "No Arm Twisting"
4. Close up "No Arm Twisting" sign
5. NGO play satirising Western trade leaders
6. Signs reading women's rights are human...
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BRUNEI: APEC DEVELOPMENTS
Natural Sound
Pacific Rim nations on Thursday reached a compromise to call for a new round of world trade talks that would consider the needs of developing countries, which fear they are being left behind in the new global economy.
The...
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Ministers arrive for global free trade talks as WTO deadline looms
1. Exterior of WTO (World Trade Organisation) headquarters
2. Tilt up WTO logo on gate pillar - pan to people and security at entrance
3. Mid shot security
4. Cars being checked
5. Members of delegations arriving at WTO headquarters
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USA: US/JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE
English/Nat
Japan expressed confidence Thursday it would win any showdown with the United States before a world trade body.
It followed president Clinton's decision to take an unfair trade complaint to the World Trade Organisation and...
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BRUNEI: LEADERS MEET FOR APEC SUMMIT
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Leaders from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum met in Brunei on Thursday for their last day of discussions.
This summit is the last that Bill Clinton will attend since hosting the very first...
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Excerpts of newser on cross-Straits relations
1. Wide shot, Zhang Mingqing, Spokesman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office walking to the podium
2. Mid shot, journalists
3. Mid shot, Zhang Mingqing at the podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Zhang Mingqing, Spokesman of the...
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JAPAN: NEW WTO GENERAL SECRETARY RENATO RUGGIERO VISIT
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The incoming General-Secretary of the World Trade Organisation is in Tokyo on a three-day visit ahead of his taking up his new position on May 1.
A major issue Renato Ruggiero will be facing is the current dispute between...
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Abe, Badawi news conferences at end of APEC summit
1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks to podium
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister:
"In order to achieve the continuation of the Japanese Self Defence Forces' refuelling mission (in the...
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UK: EUSTON: WTO ANTI CAPITALIST PROTEST
English/Nat
Almost 40 people have been arrested following violent clashes between riot police and anti-capitalist demonstrators in London.
A police van was burned and seven people injured in Tuesday's skirmishes - the second time in...
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CHINA: BEIJING: NEGOTIATIONS TO JOIN W-T-O CONTINUE
English/Nat
A meeting in Beijing between senior U-S negotiators and Chinese officials could be the last and best chance for China to join the World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) before new talks start in Seattle on November 30.
Wishing for...
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Trade ministers meet in bid to patch up free trade deal; security, chairman comments
Security was tight in Indonesia's island of Bali on Tuesday as top trade officials from the World Trade Organisation began talks that will either produce an eleventh hour deal that could boost the global economy by 1 (t) trillion US...
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FILE of an AIDS hospital in Brazil, in light of WTO decision on medicines
1. Exterior of Gaffree-Guinle Hospital
2. Hospital sign
3. AIDS ward in the hospital
4. Elderly AIDS patient
5. Close-up of patient drinking water
6. Pan from AIDS ward to wide of patient being examined by doctor
7. Close-up of patient...
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Protesters assemble, march begins, comments
1. Various of protestors marching, chanting and carrying flags
2. Various of protestors carrying coffin which reads: "WTO, R.I.P (Rest in Pieces)"
3. Various of protestors
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, protestor:
"Yes we saw through...
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USA: SEATTLE: ANTI WTO DEMONSTRATION/RIOTS UPDATE (4)
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As police in riot gear patrolled downtown Seattle delegates to the 135-nation World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) are trying to resuscitate the global trade talks.
Police, dressed head to toe in black, lined the streets...
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CHINA: WU WEN-YEA COMMENTS ON WTO
Mandarin/Nat
Taiwan hopes entry with China into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will bring about a "fundamental soothing" of relations between the sides, a visiting trade official said in Beijing.
The remarks by Wu Wen-yea, director...
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Communist Party anti-WTO demos in New Delhi
1. Speaker addressing rally
2. Close-up 'Anti-War, Anti-WTO' sign
3. Mid shot of speaker
4. Various of crowd listening
5. Police looking on
6. Pan from speaker to the crowd
7. Mid of crowd applauding
8. Close-up 'Stop the War' banner
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