World trade pact possible this year: Schwab
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A new world trade pact is possible  this year, but it is still too early to schedule a trade  ministers' meeting to seal the deal, U.S. Trade Representative  Susan Schwab said on Thursday.
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Charles Schwab closes out the year in fine fashion.
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The White House would be better placed to renew its soon-to-expire trade negotiating powers if there is a breakthrough in World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau said on Tuesday.
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The United States and Canada have joined the European Union in asking the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule in a dispute with China over import tariffs on auto parts, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab has revealed.
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Market forces and promised action by  Washington to cut its budget deficit look set to stabilize, and  could cut, the record U.S. trade gap, Federal Reserve Chairman  Alan Greenspan said on Friday.
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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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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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SYDNEY : Australia is increasingly optimistic about securing a free trade deal with China, which it believes could be even more important than the recently signed pact with the United States.
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Investors find reasons for optimism for Charles Schwab.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  may have helped its bid for CBOT Holdings  by reaching an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute between CBOT and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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The 18th Annual World Trade Forum and Governor's Conference on Trade - Growing Globally - is planned for Wednesday, Oct.
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China is likely to become the world&#39;s third largest trading power by the end of 2004, said the Ministry of Commerce. According to a report jointly published on Friday by the ministry
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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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Discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. on Thursday confirmed plans to sell its memberships on the New York Stock Exchange during the first quarter of 2005.
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Global commerce is expected to grow 8.5 percent by the end of this year despite record oil prices which are causing renewed gloom, the World Trade Organization said Monday.
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A world trade pact faces years of delays if no progress is made by the end of 2007, the US warns.
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World Bank presidential nominee Robert  Zoellick said on Tuesday he believed a deal could be clinched  in the Doha round world trade talks and that such an accord  would give a big boost to development and growth.