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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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Boeing boss wants to avoid trans-Atlantic subsidies spat
1. Harry Stonecipher, president and CEO of Boeing entering room, followed by Yves Galland, president of Boeing France
2. Stonecipher and Galland at table
3. Audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Harry Stonecipher, president and CEO of...
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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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Delegation arrives for informal WTO meetings
1. Exterior Geneva airport
2. Wide shot interior arrivals hall
3. Arrivals area
4. Cutaway arrival sign
5. Deputy Minister of the Economy, Chen Rei Long, and Taiwanese delegation arrive
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Chen Rei Long, Deputy...
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WTO Director General on Colombia visit
1. Various of Mike Moore with Ministers
2. Moore walking into presser
3. Wide of presser
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Moore, Director General World Trade Organization
"The message I take to the next ministerial meetings and I'm...
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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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Anti-WTO protestors appear in court
1. Anti-WTO supporters protesting outside backdoor of Kwun Tong Law Courts Building
2. First police van (front) arrives with anti-WTO protestors
3. Protestors
4. Second police van arrives
5. Anti-WTO supporters chanting slogans
6....
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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...
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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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Commonwealth leaders meet to push for more even world trade
1. Wide shot of castle hosting the meeting in La Valletta
2. Various of leaders arriving
3. Prime Minister of Malta Lawrence Gonzi and Commonwealth's Secretary-General Don McKinnon (red neck-tie) greeting South African President Thabo...
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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...