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Minstry of Foreign Trade presser on WTO entry
1. Wide shot of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) press conference - pans right
2. MOFTEC officials seated on podium
3. Cutaway of journalists
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Zhang Xiangchen, Director General of World...
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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
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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
6....
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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
English/Nat
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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Mexican actor, African singer and others lobby for fair trade
1. Banner reading "Hong Kong: Time to make trade fair"
2. Poster of African singer Angelique Kidjo
3. Poster of Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal
4. Poster of Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong
5. Celebrities and World Trade Organisation...
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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
9....
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US Commerce Secretary ends three-day visit
1. US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and China Commerce Minister Bo Xilai shake hands
2. Close-up of handshake
3. Wide shot of US and Chinese trade delegations seated at table
4. Bo Xilai speaking
5. Gutierrez listening
6. Bo seated...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO MEETING: GLOBAL TRADE ACCORD UPDATE (3)
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Negotiators meeting in Geneva sealed a long-delayed global trade accord on Saturday that opens the world's multi-trillion dollar banking and insurance sectors to foreign competition.
Delegates managed to resolve a series of...
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World Trade Organisation chief and US trade chief discuss global trade outlook
1. World Trade Organisation Director-General Pascal Lamy and other officials sitting down for news conference
2. Wide of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organisation:
"We know that it's...
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC SUMMIT: TRADE
Auckland, New Zealand - 10 August 1999 XFA
1. Wide shot exterior of Auckland Town hall
2. New Zealand Foreign Minister Don McKinnon walking out with other ministers
3. Reverse shot of delegates walking
4. Wide shot of joint...
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HONG KONG: CHINA'S VICE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI SPEAKS AT IMF SUMMIT
French/Mandarin
China's vice premier Zhu Rongji has made a strong pitch for his country's early admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
In the day's keynote speech at the I-M-F summit in Hong Kong, Zhu said it was unreasonable...
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EU trade commissioner reports progress after talks in US
1. Wide of press conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy:
"I hear in my meetings with my comrades this morning that some movement is to be expected shortly in the cases that we care about (such as) 1916 Act...