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Cuban diplomat says US embargo is akin to genocide
1. Wide of exterior of Cuban Interest Section in Washington DC
2. Wide of interview with Cuban top diplomat, Jorge Bolanos, in the US
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jorge Bolanos, Top Cuban Diplomat in the US:
"(the blockade acts) by putting...
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Traders hope for final nuclear deal to ease crippling sanctions
Traders in Iran are hoping that a final deal can be reached over the country's nuclear programme - to release sanctions and get the economy back on track.
But the latest round of talks - in Oman - has failed to make headway ahead of a...
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Pacific Rim leaders arrive for summit on trade, security
1. Group of people on tarmac, waving Chilean flags, waiting for arrival of Chinese Premier Hu Jintao
2. Jintao and wife descending stairs of aircraft
3. Group welcoming Hu Jintao and wife
4. Korean Air jumbo jet on tarmac
5. Korean and...
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GRAPHIC MATERIAL Anti-FTA protest, man after setting fire to himself
1. Wide of man who set himself on fire in protest of proposed US-S.Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) lying on the ground
2. Various of man, who keeps on shouting (Korean) "Stop the Korean US FTA!"
3. Ambulance arriving
4. Man being...
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Comment on stalemate at talks, protests
1. Interior, protesters wearing Santa Claus caps, singing their own version of the traditional English Christmas 'Jingle Bells' - they have changed the words into a protest song which they sing to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson as...
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Canada and Chile sign agreement on gov't procurement rules
1. Canadian International Trade Minister David Emerson (left) and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley (right) behind table
2. Close-up of Emerson, pan to Foxley
3. Cutaway of Canadian Foreign Minister Peter Mackay
4. Ministers...
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FMs arrive, opening session, Jpn FM sot
1. Wide of APEC meeting
2. Wide of US delegation led by US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg (left of screen)
3. Wide of Chinese delegation
4. Wide of South Korea delegation
5. Pan of delegation from Thailand and Singapore
6....
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Briefing at end of 17th Trans-Pacific Association Agreement meeting
1. Delegates from member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership entering news briefing
2. Close-up of sign
3. Wide of news briefing
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Edgar Vasquez, Lead negotiator for Peru:
"We are aware that Japan would like to...
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Leaders meet business reps, bilats of Chile and Malaysia, Russia and China
1. Wide shot of room with Asian Business Advisory Council leaders
2. Australian Prime Minister John Howard walking into room
3. South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun walking into room
4. Various of Chinese President Hu Jintao walking in...
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CUBA: HAVANA: AMERICAN TRADE SHOW OPENS
Span/Eng/Nat
The first American trade show to visit Cuba in four decades opened in the capital Havana on Wednesday.
Ninety-seven U-S companies are taking part in the U-S Healthcare Exhibition.
U-S President Bill Clinton made changes to...
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A deal to boost global trade is approved for the first time in nearly two decades
A deal to boost global trade has been approved by the World Trade Organisation's 159 member economies for the first time in nearly two decades, keeping alive the possibility that a broader agreement to create a level playing field for...
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Japan to slap tariffs on US steel imports
1. Hideji Sugiyama, Japanese Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry walking in for news conference
2. Media at news conference
3. Sugiyama speaking
4. Photographer
5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hideji Sugiyama, Japanese Vice Minister of...
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G-20 trade group of natons meets in Brasilia
1. Various of delegates sitting around table at G-20 Summit inside Itamaraty Palace
2. Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim
3. Brazilian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Luiz Fernando Furlan
4. Various of summit...
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USA: 50-THOUSAND ACTIVISTS EXPECTED AT W-T-O MEETING (2)
English/Nat
As an estimated 50-thousand protesters gear up to lobby the World Trade Organisation summit in the American city of Seattle, U-S President Bill Clinton has said the demonstrators have a right to be heard.
He told reporters...
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USA: FREE TRADE DEAL WITH JORDAN
Natural Sound
The United States and Jordan achieved a long-term goal on Tuesday with a precedent-setting, free trade deal that for the first time that aims to protect labor rights and environmental standards.
The deal, which would...
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CAMBODIA: GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS PROTEST AT US EMBASSY
English/Nat
Military police in riot gear were called in to protect the U-S embassy from nearly 500 garment factory demonstrators in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
Led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the protesters urged the U-S to revoke trade...
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Thailand - ASEAN
Dissent over trade deregulation
ASEAN leaders on Thursday (14/12) voiced dissatisfaction with the
pace of trade liberalisation among the seven member nations,
warning that they could be overtaken by bolder worldwide efforts
to lower...
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Indonesian President and Japanese PM meet and give joint presser
1. Wide of Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian President walking through doorway of Prime Minister's Residence
2. Abe and Yudhoyono standing side by side for photo, before shaking hands
3. Cutaway...
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CHINA: HOPES FOR DEAL IN US/CHINA TRADE DISPUTE
English/Nat
The United States and China have edged towards a deal to avert costly tit-for-tat tariffs over copyright piracy.
It is the second time in 15 months the two countries have gone to the brink of a trade war over the same issue...
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US trade pact protesters clash with police
1. Wide of protesters beating buses with bamboo sticks, riot police pointing water cannons towards protesters
2. Riot police with water cannons standing on top of the buses
3. Various of clashes between protesters and riot police
4....
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WRAP Mandelson and Lamy comment, plus security
10 December 2005
1. Exterior Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, the venue of WTO meeting
2. Tall barricades at area surrounding convention centre
3. Street cleaners working on road barricades
12 December 2005
4. News conference...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ROBERTO ROBAINA VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Cuba's foreign minister arrived in the Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, for a rapid-fire meeting with President Leonel Fernandez, over the U-S trade embargo.
Cuba is seeking support from Latin and Central American countries...
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ARGENTINA: CHILE SIGNS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MERCOSUR
Spanish/Nat
Chile signed a free trade agreement with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Tuesday, during the 10th meeting of the group in Argentina.
Bolivian President, Gonzalo Sanchez, was also expected to sign the framework of a...
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USA: DENVER: CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI VISIT (2)
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
The American city of Denver rolled out the red carpet on Saturday as they welcomed Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.
Disappointed by the failure of trade talks in Washington, Premier Zhu arrived at the airport to be greeted...