WTO: World Trade Set to Grow This Year
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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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Air traffic is seen increasing steadily worldwide in 2004, the International Air Transport Association said Wednesday. Passenger traffic for 2004 is expected to increase by 11 percent from a year ago, the
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As expounded in the survey among US enterprises in China released on September 16, China made progress in observing its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO) from mid-2003 to July 2004.
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The Indian government is aiming for 20 percent export growth annually for the next five years to meet its target of doubling its share of global trade by 2009, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Tuesday.
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World demand for oil will rise more than expected while supplies will remain tight between now and 2012, experts say.
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A new global trade deal can be struck by the end of 2006, WTO director general Supachai Panitchpakdi says.
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GENEVA - Data released by the World Trade Organisation highlighted the growing economic impact of energy costs, as fuel imports, including oil, into major economies rose in 2003 by the largest amounts seen in recent years.
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BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai says China will take measures to expand foreign trade. He says the volume of China&#39;s foreign trade has grown rapidly in the past few years and made a great contribution to the world economy.
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Hopes for more tax relief, looser regulations, and an increase in trade.
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NEW YORK, September 29  - The global economy is expected to witness its highest growth rate in the past three decades this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its World Economic Outlook announced today.
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Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organisation, confirmed at a meeting in Geneva on Friday, will boost economic growth and foreign investment in this former Soviet republic, analysts said.
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Exports in January rose 26.7 percent, to $109.7 billion, while imports grew by 27.6 percent, to $90.2 billion, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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China should no longer focus on the size of trade growth on its way to becoming a strong trading power. The international balance of payments, rather than blind pursuit of a trade surplus, should become the primary goal.
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BRUSSELS The World Trade Organization is expected to approve on Friday the imposition of trade sanctions worth $150 million on the United States by the European Union, Japan, Canada and others after a legal issue was resolved Thursday.
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Iraqi membership in the World Trade Organization would send a powerful message that the country has emerged from decades of international exclusion under Saddam Hussein and is on the path to economic development
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NEW YORK -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced Thursday (local time) that the Korean economy is expected to grow by 6.5 percent while the world economy by 3.8 percent.
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Iraqi membership in the World Trade Organization would send a powerful message that the country has emerged from decades of international exclusion under Saddam Hussein and is on the path to economic development, its trade minister said Friday.