Merkel to tackle trade in China
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Trade and climate issues will top the agenda as German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins a visit to China.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to hold a historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday that has raised tensions with China and led Beijing to cancel at least one official event.
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Speaking at Germany's first-ever IT summit on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said telecommunications companies need to hook up with the country's traditional heavyweights in the automotive and chemical sectors, especially in the area of software engineering.
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Germany's Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has left Berlin for a five-day visit to China and Japan, with trade and business high on the agenda.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is due in China to start an Asian tour  to discuss trade and bilateral ties.
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ISLAMABAD: Trade ties and financial cooperation will dominate German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's agenda during his visit to Pakistan, said a foreign office press release on Saturday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the Dalai Lama in Berlin on Sunday, knowing full well that it would infuriate Beijing. The German press welcomes her firm stance on human rights issues and plays down any long-term damage to relations between Germany and China. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader spent an hour with the chancellor in what were described as private and informal talks. After the meeting Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said that she had assured the Dalai Lama of "her support in his efforts to maintain the cultural identity of Tibet and in his policy of non-violent striving toward religious and cultural autonomy." There have been concerns, particularly among German businesspeople with interests in China that Sunday's meeting could damage Berlin-Beijing relations. China's Foreign Ministry had called in Germany's ambassador to Beijing earlier this month to protest the impending visit and China cancelled a two-day meeting scheduled for this weekend on legal issues with German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries citing "technical reasons." The German press on Monday played down the risk of any long-term damage to relations with Beijing and praises the chancellor for her emphasis on human rights in her foreign policy.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is to travel to Germany this weekend to brief Chancellor Angela Merkel on the outcome of his trip to Africa, his office said Friday.
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India and Germany have put trade firmly on top of the agenda for this week's visit by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in a bid to beat last year's five billion euro (6.16 billion dollars) record figures.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 10 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to bring up the issue of German firms doing business with Iran.Comment
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BRUSSELS, Belgium _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel will push her European Union counterparts to go green on energy at summit talks Thursday, urging them to adopt tough measures needed to fight global warming ...Comment
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China&#39;s president Hu Jintao is visiting Brazil in a bid to secure trade deals to satisfy his country&#39;s burgeoning demand for foreign goods.
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China will wrest the &quot;world's champion exporter&quot; title from Germany as early as 2008, the federal foreign trade body BFAI has predicted.
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As the two sides prepare for an economic summit, the focus is on what to do about China's persistent trade surplus
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China said it would introduce export tariffs and increase rates on other items to rein in a record trade surplus and cut energy consumption and pollution.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Israel in March and during the trip mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, her spokesman said on Wednesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on  Tuesday pressed China to improve human rights and take on  greater international responsibilities as its global influence  grows.