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Reactions to latest US policy announcements in relation to Cuba
Havana residents on Thursday welcomed the announcement that the Obama administration was significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment to the communist island.
The measures were the most significant changes to...
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RUSSIA: CUSTOMS UNION
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President Boris Yeltsin and the leaders of four other former Soviet republics have agreed to expand and strengthen a customs union with the aim of reviving their economies.
But the five countries face such a wide array of...
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Adds joint Bush, Aznar news conference
1. Wide shot of breakfast meeting
2. Close shot of European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana
3. Solana sitting next to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique
4. Close shot of Aznar
5....
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Japanese and Canadian PMs' news conferences
1. Wide of media conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda entering
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese Prime Minister:
"As far as the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) is concerned, I have...
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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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House Ways and Means committee hearing on Chinese Yuan
1. Wide of committee hearing room
2. Wide of US Congressmen in hearing
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Niall Ferguson, Professor of Economic History, Harvard University: ++STARTS ON MID SHOT++
"Let me begin with a direct question and direct...
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BAHRAIN: GCC SUMMIT
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The 21st summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the G-C-C, got underway in Bahrain on Saturday.
The Council consists of six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Their aims are...
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USA: US AND JAPAN TRADE WAR UPDATE
English/Nat
Trade hearings began in Washington Thursday over the looming trade war between Japan and the United States.
The US is threatening to slap 100 percent tariffs against selected Japanese luxury cars, unless Japan opens its...
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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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Marchers take to streets against Uribe's policies
1. Wide of protesters marching on the streets of Bogota
2. Mid shot of police watching protesters
3. Various of protesters marching
4. People marching with banners
5. Women speaking into microphone saying (Spanish): "That is what we...
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MALAYSIA: MINISTERS ARRIVE FOR APEC ECONOMIC SUMMIT
English/Nat
Foreign Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are locked in talks trying to find a solution to a dispute which threatens free trade in the region into the next millennium.
The row centres on Japan's refusal to lift...
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Treasury secretary Lew welcomed by President Xi
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, to discuss market regulations for US workers and businesses.
Discussions will also address the implementation of sanctions on Iran and North Korea's...
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Iranians await real change and relief from sanctions as nuclear talks reach decisive stage
Hope for a major improvement in living standards and the economy is rising amongst Iranians, ahead of their country's new round on nuclear talks with six world powers, set to begin in Vienna later on Monday.
Many Iranians would like the...
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Farmers take their tractors to the capital in protest against NAFTA
1. Medium shot of tractor convoy on the road from Queretaro to Mexico City
2. Various of tractor convoy
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Jose Chirinos, Activists' leader
"We are coming seriously to review the conditions of this trade. We are...
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CUBA: EFFECTS OF HELMS BURTON ACT
Spanish/Nat
The U-S trade embargo on Cuba is now in its 40th year, assisted by the drafting of the Helms Burton act which aims to punish foreign companies doing business on the island.
The law has seen a flurry of activity of late with...
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Presser by Australian Prime Minister John Howard on trade talks
1. John Howard shaking hands with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
2. Close up handshake
3. Howard and Shinawatra walk away
4. Press conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia:
"We've got something...
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CUBA: REACTION TO USA ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
As the US prepares to welcome their next president, Cubans seem less than impressed by both candidates.
Texas Governor George Bush and Vice President Al Gore, are one and the same according to Cuba and neither offers hope of...
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Ruble troubles affect country's middle class, economic analysis
The Russian ruble scrambled from a record low on Wednesday amid speculation that the central bank could intervene in the market to support the currency.
The ruble has lost more than 40 per cent of its value this year, hit by low oil...
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Treasury secretary Lew meets Chinese vice premier Wang
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang in Beijing on Friday, to discuss market regulations for US workers and businesses.
Lew is in China for meetings with senior government officials and is scheduled to meet...
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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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Cross-strait relations develop with forum on trade with Taiwan's Taichung City
The mayor of Taiwan's Taichung city said on Wednesday he was planning to improve ties with both Hong Kong and China, partly to boost business and prevent trade tariffs during the global economic downturn.
Jason Hu is currently on a four...
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SWITZERLAND / USA: GENEVA: NO PROGRESS IN US/JAPAN TRADE TALKS
English/Nat
No progress Thursday in talks between the U.S. and Japan aimed at ending their trade dispute.
If the two sides can't cannot reach an agreement by June 28th, the United States has threatened to impose 5.9 (b) billion dollars...
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IRAQ: WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST UN TRADE SANCTIONS
Baghdad, October 13 1998
1. Demonstrators holding banners and placards against U-S and Britain
2. Demonstrators with banners passing by UNDP office
3. Photos of dead children
4. Woman carrying sick child
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rfa...
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Clashes erupt as parliament debates free trade accord with Chile
1. Wide pan from the National Assembly to protesters scuffling with riot police
2. Various shots of scuffling between protesters and riot police
3. Medium shot of riot police on the top of police buses
4. Various shots of riot police...