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State Council Taiwan Affairs Office press briefing on Taiwan issues
1. Wide shot of spokesperson for State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Li Weiyi, and other officials walking into the press conference room
2. Medium shot Li and other two officials taking seats
3. Cutaway cameraman
4. SOUNDBITE...
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SWITZERLAND/THAILAND: CANDIDATES FOR WTO CHIEF LATEST
Natural Sound
World Trade Organisation (W-T-O) delegates are expected to announce on Thursday the possibility of choosing two candidates to lead the body for successive three-year terms.
Despite many months of negotiations, the...
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WRAP President at Asia Society meeting, arrival in Washington
New York City
1. Asia Society of New York building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ly Dong, protester:
"We come here against the communist leader (inaudible)."
3. Zoom out protesters
4. Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet walking up to podium...
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USA: SEATTLE: ANTI WTO DEMONSTRATION/RIOTS UPDATE
English/Nat
Police in Seattle are regrouping in an effort to regain control over protestors demonstrating against the World Trade Organisation.
Authorities have called out the national guard, established a curfew and cordoned off a...
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CHINA: TAIWANESE OFFICIAL TO VISIT
Mandarin/Nat
One of the highest level Taiwanese officials to visit China in years is in the capital Beijing as a private consultant.
Wu Wen-yea, who is the director of Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade, has come to China in an unofficial...
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Chinese chief negotiator says entry to WTO a foregone conclusion
1. Wide of half full press room
2. Pan sign saying 'state council information office' in english and Chinese
3. Wide of china's chief World Trade negotiator Long Yongtu walking in and taking his seat at table
4. Soundbite, (Mandarin)...
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Mandelson on HK trade talks
1. Exterior European Commission building
2. Close up EU flags
3. Exterior entrance European Commission
4. Peter Mandelson reading a report
5. Zoom in report
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner:
"We have made a...
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BRUNEI: APEC CONFERENCE UPDATE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) entered its second day of ministerial consultations in Brunei Monday with little agreement among members on a variety of issues.
Heading the list of disputes is the...
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Photo-op leaders, final statement, departures
1. Exterior of building
2. Wide shot of APEC leaders wearing ponchos gathered for family photo shoot
3. BACK ROW: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa, Taiwan's Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh,...
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Monti welcomes the German court approval of eurozone rescue fund; Lamy on world trade
Italian Premier Mario Monti welcomed the German court decision to pave the way for the creation of Europe's 500 billion euro (640 (b) billion US dollars) rescue fund on Wednesday.
Speaking at a joint news conference in Rome on Wednesday,...
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USA: BARSHEFSKY - POSSIBILITY OF CHINA JOINING W-T-O
English/Nat
One week before the World Trade Organization talks are scheduled to begin in Seattle, U-S Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky says China's accession to that body is in the hands of China.
She says admitting China to the...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO: NEW WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL APPOINTED
A lawmaker from New Zealand was officially appointed director-general of the World Trade Organisation on Wednesday under a power-sharing deal with Thailand's deputy prime minister.
Mike Moore will take the helm of the world's top trade...
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CHINA: BEIJING: EU CHINA TALKS (2)
Eng/Ger/Nat
China and the European Union appear to be at loggerheads over whether they are close to an agreement on the terms of China's entry to the World Trade organisation.
Chinese state television reported that China had reached a...
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WORLD WIDE: USA DROPS OPPOSITION TO REATO RUGGIERO
English/Nat
The United States dropped its opposition today (Tuesday) to the Italian candidate hoping to head the World Trade Organisation.
With no chance of a White House veto it appears likely that former Italian trade minister Renato...
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Japan's trade minister comments on WTO negotiations
The Japanese Trade Minister met with the US Trade Representatives on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Saturday.
Toshimitsu Motegi said he and Michael Froman had a good exchange of views and agreed to try to swiftly...
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Fox continues visit, presser
1. Exterior Itar Tass building
2. Mexican President Vicente Fox arriving at news conference
3. Journalists listening
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente Fox, Mexican President
''Yes, we are negotiating various energy agreements, among...
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USA: ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER D'ALEMA MEETS BILL CLINTON
Italian/Eng/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton met Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema on Friday to try to defuse tensions over the acquittal of a U-S Marine pilot in an Italian cable-car accident.
The meeting came just a day after a U-S...
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US Trade Rep meets EU Trade Commissioner
Washington DC - 27 February 2004
1. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy walk into room
2. Cameras
3. Zoellick and Lamy shake hands
4. Aides watching
5. Zoellick signing trade bill
FILE:...
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Dozens of NGOs meet to prepare agenda for WTO meeting
Mexico City, Mexico - 2 June, 2003
1. Wide of conference
2. Mid shot of reporters
3. Wide of Victor Lichtinger, Mexico's minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, leaving the conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English), Luis de la Calle,...
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EU Trade commissioner comments on EU arms embargo
1. European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson arriving at press conference
2. Chinese journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Mandelson, European Union Trade Commissioner
"It (the arms embargo) wasn''t a relic of the Cold War, it...
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WRAP: Musharraf visit to bolster relations, signing of economic deals.
1. Welcoming committee walking towards plane carrying Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf
2. Various of Musharraf descending stairs from plane
3. Welcoming committee crowding around Musharraf
4. Musharraf greeting dignitaries,...
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APEC leaders' meeting. ADDS further Helen Clark and John Howard
1. Wide of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders walking in the meeting room
2. Mid of Chinese President Hu Jintao arriving
3. Wide of Australian Prime Minister John Howard (left) and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet (right)...
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USA: SEATTLE: WTO SUMMIT UPDATE
English/Nat
Ministers from 135 countries were struggling to reach an agreement on lifting trade barriers ahead of the Friday deadline at the W-T-O summit in Seattle, Washington.
Protestors again stole the media spotlight by storming the...
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UK: LONDON: NEW WTO TRADE PACT AGREED
English/Nat
The world's key trading nations agreed Friday to open up each others markets for banks, insurance companies and security firms.
However the world's largest single market, The United States is opting to sit on the sidelines....