Page 1 By Vision Reporter The deputy US trade representative, ambassador Demetrios Marantis, has asked the East Africa Community (EAC) to work with the US to double the current trade volumes of $1.4b in the next five years. “This (trade) is low and it should not be acceptable to anyone ... Read Story at The New Vision (2010-02-22) Trade and foreign ministers from Africa and the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) bloc were doubtful if any progress would be made on dismantling trade barriers in upcoming talks with their European Union (EU) counterparts."Unless the developed countries will agree to make some movement on agriculture - trade must not only ... Read Story at IRINNews (2004-05-06) China's Africa summit has ended in Beijing, with the Chinese government pledging to double both aid and trade with African nations. China expects annual trade with Africa to total $100bn (£53bn) by 2010 after the event, attended by nearly 50 African heads of state and ministers. With China ... Read Story at BBC News (2006-11-06) Europe's trade chief vowed on Monday to keep an end-of-year deadline for African countries to agree new trade deals or face tariffs, dismissing assertions from some African leaders that the continent rejected new pacts. Peter Mandelson said criticism from the presidents of Senegal and South Africa at a weekend ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2007-12-11) Europe's trade chief vowed on Monday to keep an end-of-year deadline for African countries to agree new trade deals or face tariffs, dismissing assertions from some African leaders that the continent rejected new pacts. Peter Mandelson said criticism from the presidents of Senegal and South Africa at a weekend ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2007-12-11) German President, Horst Kohler, yesterday blamed both Africa and Europe for using political and trade double standards to hamper the fight against corruption and development, calling on both sides to apply change.He also called for Africans to begin to demand to know the destination of illegal capital flight from Africa ... Read Story at ThisDay (2008-11-09) The Republic of South Korea, has expressed the need to expand trade with Nigeria, which was drastically affected by the global economic meltdown, just as it plans to double her Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa by 2012.... Read Story at ThisDay (2010-08-09) Key World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have admitted they will not be able to agree a framework for a new trade deal at upcoming talks in China. But the five members did decide on a plan to conclude the current round of trade talks by the end of 2006. ... Read Story at BBC News (2005-11-22) By Justin Brown Africa's largest steelmaker, Mittal Steel South Africa (MLA), will soon meet with Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa, to agree the way forward on domestic steel pricing, says Mittal Steel SA CEO Davinder Chugh. Mittal Steel SA and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have ... Read Story at Sunday Times (2006-04-05) Peter Mandelson, the European Union (EU) chief trade negotiator, has warned that this month's trade talks will once again fall flat if member states do not agree on what he called flexible market opening terms. With crucial negotiations scheduled for the end of this month, the Congress of ... Read Story at SABCNews (2006-04-11) News Results: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 |