Australia Minister to Tout Global Trade
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Australia&#39;s trade minister will urge Pacific rim leaders to drive forward efforts to free up global trade when he attends the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial forum in Chile this week, he said in a statement Wednesday.
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ECONOMIC growth will improve and the trade deficit will narrow but interest rates will have to rise, a new international report on the Australian economy has found.
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Pacific Rim trading nations said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to energize talks to free up world trade. As trade and foreign ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific
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Southeast Asian nations, Australia and  New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by  2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, government  ministers said on Sunday.
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SINGAPORE Southeast Asian trade ministers moved ahead over the weekend with plans to fuse their region into a European-style community hefty enough to compete with China and India, setting timetables for free-trade talks with Japan, South Korea, Australia
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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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Economic ministers from a 10-member group of Southeast Asian countries on Sunday agreed to begin negotiating a free-trade deal early next year with Australia and New Zealand.
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Ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries expect oil prices to rise this week as they plan to demonstrate that they are serious about implementing
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Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile has predicated a successful outcome to free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with China. &quot;We can&#39;t afford not to enhan ce our relationship
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Gordon Brown is due to arrive in India on his trip to boost links with the world's fastest-growing economies.
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Security, trade and energy will top the agenda when Asian leaders meet in the Philippines next week, with declarations expected on combating terrorism, accelerating economic integration and boosting energy security.
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Australia&#39;s trade deficit widened in September as imports of cars, food and appliances increased and record oil prices pushed up the nation&#39;s energy bill.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister says he&#39;s confident of progress in talks on a regional free trade area, during this week&#39;s meeting of South-East Asian nations in Laos.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has promised to preserve Tasmania's forests while keeping loggers in work.
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Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement (FTA) but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Monday he remained confident the deal would start as planned on January 1.
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Southeast Asian nations, Australia and  New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by  2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, Australian  Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Sunday.
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Ministers from trade powers tried on Sunday to push forward talks for a long-delayed deal to boost global commerce and ease poverty which risks running out of time this year.