Nicaragua, Taiwan open trade talks
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Nicaragua and Taiwan opened talks aimed at drafting a free-trade deal by the end of 2005, officials said.
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Talks between diplomatic rivals Taiwan and China could resume if the island sticks to a 1992 interpretation of the &quot;one China&quot; principle, Chinese newspapers on Monday quoted a top negotiator with Taiwan as saying.
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Japan and the Philippines launched a fourth round of talks toward signing a free trade agreement Monday in Tokyo&#39;s latest efforts to reduce economic barriers with its Asian neighbors.
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Four key players in the World Trade Organization -- the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India -- met Tuesday for critical talks to break the deadlock blocking a global trade deal.
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Negotiators met Friday at the World Trade Organization for formal farm talks, capping a weeklong series of informal discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.
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The U.S. and South Korea will begin a third round of free-trade talks, hoping to make progress toward an accord that could be the biggest of its kind for the U.S. since the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993.
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Trade officials of the United States and the European Union are opening a round of talks in Brussels on the contentious issue of government support for the aircraft
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The US and South Korea start talks to review aspects of a hard-won free trade agreement.
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A senior State Department official said Monday the United States will seek to forge a solid working relationship with Nicaragua's President-elect Daniel Ortega.
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The United States and Brazil will look for ways this weekend to bridge bitter divisions between rich and poor nations that led to the collapse of trade liberalization talks, Washington's chief trade negotiator said Friday.
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The United States and China held their first high-level talks on Beijing's proposed law aimed at preventing Taiwan from becoming independent.
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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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$18bn, 12-year project Nicaraguan president Enrique BolaÃ±os has called for international backing for a Nicargua canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific which, he says, is "needed for the rise in world shipping".â¦
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rich countries and developing nations agreed yesterday that global trade talks should resume, but they failed to set a date for formal negotiations.
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Canada and China were seeking to convert bilateral agreements on energy and minerals into commercial contracts on Friday as Canadian Trade Minister Jim Peterson and Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Ma Xiuhong opened a trade conference.
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BEIJING -- The United States and China are launching a new high-level economic dialogue meant to repair relations soured by trade tensions, U S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and a Chinese leader said yesterday.
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Taiwan&#39;s President has used his National Day speech to urge China to begin peace talks so that the two rivals can avoid war. &quot;Because we can&#39;t communicate, there&#39;s a lot of misunderstanding,&quot; Chen Shui-bian said.