MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2005
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Peru freezes Mercosur natural gas supply project
Peru denied Thursday that the current maritime limits conflict with Chile or the Fujimori incident were related to the cancellation of its participation in the regional energy network project which was to be addressed this week in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Free trade benefits estimates according to World Bank
Abolition of tariffs, subsidies and domestic support programs would boost global welfare by nearly 300 billion US dollars per year by 2015, says a new World Bank research study, Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
October record trade surplus for China
China's trade surplus jumped to a record 12 billion US dollars in October compared to 7,6 billion in September, reported Thursday China's Customs Office.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Katrina and oil blamed for US trade deficit
Record oil prices following the Katrina hurricane and a drop in exports soared United States trade deficit to 66.1 billion US dollars last September, the highest so far in 2005.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at 4,5%
The Bank of England left Thursday interest rates unchanged at 4,5% for the third month running as was anticipated by financial experts who nevertheless are divided as to the future cost of money in the UK.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Fujimori: Chile and Japan iron out differences
Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Ignacio Walter standing next to Japanese Ambassador in Santiago Jaime Ogawa said that in spite of the Fujimori case, diplomatic relations are going through an “excellent moment” and announced significant advances in the bilateral free trade treaty negotiations.
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Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Candidates encourage ?more openness'; ?Something wicked this way comes' as students take to the stage.
News in brief
Police investigation; General Election 2005; Molchanov visiting today; Silent remembrance today. -
Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Fisheries: Breaking News
Headlines:
Spanish fishing fleet down 15,7% in four years; 22.000 tons of hake in a month; Argentina unifies hake 3Q and 4Q quotas; Japanese/Argentine squid research cruise;
Eco-labelling guidelines become effective. -
Thursday, November 10th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Growing pessimism for the WTO Hong Kong summit
Trade talks ahead of the crucial World Trade Organization, WTO, Hong Kong December meeting have ended in stalemate with United States and the European Union representatives admitting pessimism about future advances in cutting trade barriers.
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Thursday, November 10th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
China the leading economic power by 2040
China's sustained economic expansion will have overtaken United States as the world's leading economic power by mid century forecasted experts meeting in Rio do Janeiro for a seminar on the strategic and economic implications of China's ascension.
