EU Concludes Talks with Vietnam on WTO
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The European Union has concluded talks with Vietnam on its entry into the World Trade Organization, clearing a major hurdle in the Southeast Asian country's attempts to join the group by 2005.
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Negotiators at the World Trade Organization completed weeklong farm talks Friday, part of discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19  (IPS) - The European Union has rejected calls by West  African states to postpone the end-of-year deadline for  concluding a free trade agreement.
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The European Union called Monday for more movement from its partners in World Trade Organisation talks after WTO chief Pascal Lamy injected a sense of urgency into attempts to revive the negotiations.
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Southeast Asian ministers on Saturday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of
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Colombia and Venezuela say a diplomatic crisis over the capture of a Colombian rebel is over.
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LISBON, Oct 21 (IPS) - It took just an eight-hour meeting in the  Portuguese  capital and a 25-line communique to destroy the last  remaining vestiges of  hope, after five years of efforts, of  reaching a free trade agreement  between the European Union and  South America's Mercosur trade bloc before  the current  members of the European Commission step down.
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Leaders from 38 Asian and European nations are gathering in Vietnam for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, know as ASEM. One thousand delegates are to discuss global trade and regional politics during the two-day forum.
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On the day following the closure of the central economic work conference, Premier Wen Jiabao flew to Europe for the seventh China-EU summit held from December 7 to 9 in The Hague, The Netherlands and availed ...
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today joined other leaders of Asian and European nations in concluding the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5), which had been held in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi since 7 ...
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Vietnam's National Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of joining the World Trade Organisation.
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The European Union ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya today and eased its arms embargo as a reward for Tripoli giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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At their meeting in Luxemburg on Oct. 11-12, the EU foreign ministers decided to maintain -- for the time being -- the EU arms embargo against China.
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Viet Nam and Belarus signed two important agreements on Tuesday to facilitate bilateral trade and economic co-operation, officials said.
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The EU welcomes Havana's ending of its "cocktail wars" with EU countries, but says more must be done.
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Jakarta (VNA) - The 36th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting closed in Jakarta on Sunday after three days, approving a draft framework agreement on strengthening the economic cooperation among ASEAN member countries.
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The European Union on Monday ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya and eased an arms embargo to reward the North African country for giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.