Key Australia-US FTA deadline passes
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A key deadline to bring Australia&#39;s Free Trade Agreement with the United States into force has expired. But the Australian Government is still confident the deal will come into effect next year, as Louise Willis reports.
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The World Trade Organization held off Wednesday on approving stiff sanctions on US exports - ranging from cod to mobile homes - intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian authorities Tuesday approved a proposed alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand - but the decision came too late for the airlines as the New Zealand High Court last month rejected the tie-up.
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Economic and trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 it was revealed yesterday.
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The United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab will sign a deal in Ottawa today that is intended to end a long-running dispute over Canadian lumber exports, the trade representativeÂs office said. Ms. Schwab and David Emerson, CanadaÂs minister for international trade, are scheduled to give final approval to the softwood lumber agreement, which would halt years of litigation over CanadaÂs claims that the United States unfairly slapped duties on lumber Canada. In July, American and Canadian officials gave initial approval to a pact that requires the United States to pay back about $4.3 billion in duties on wood imports, or about 80 percent of the total duties it collected during the dispute.
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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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The European Union and seven other countries&#39; sanctions request on United States exports have been postponed to be considered by the World Trade Organization at a meeting.
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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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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United States and Russia have been granted a five-year extension to the 2007 deadline for destroying their chemical weapon stockpiles, the international organization overseeing the process said Monday.  U.S.
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Bloomberg - June 22 (Bloomberg) -- The collapse of World Trade Organization talks over a new global agreement leaves President George W. Bush without a lever to prod Congress to renew his trade promotion authority before it expires at the end of this month, lawmakers and business lobbyists say.
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0215 GMT -- US Treasuries edge lower in Asian trade, slightly extending losses made in US trade after August jobs data reinforced expectations of another Federal Reserve interest rate increase late in the month.
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MAXINE McKEW: The ink&#39;s barely dry on Australia&#39;s free trade agreement with the United States - and now there&#39;s talk of a similar deal to cover the entire Asia Pacific.
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The World Trade Organization gave the go-ahead Friday for punitive sanctions on US exports from lobsters to industrial equipment because Washington has yet to comply with a two-year-old order to repeal a trade law that uses penalties collected from
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The United States and Australia ironed out last-minute differences over a free trade deal Wednesday, paving the way for the agreement to go into effect Jan. 1. The deal was announced on the sidelines of the
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WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization is set to give the go-ahead today for sweeping retaliation against the United States from Canada, Europe and others for its continuing refusal to dismantle illegal trading laws.
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Australia played down US fears that amendments attached to pharmaceutical provisions in their free trade agreement could delay its implementation.
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The mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was granted an Australian visa before the al-Qaeda strikes on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.